Oat Muffins with dried Montmorency cherries
This recipe is adapted from the POST 100% Bran Muffin recipe of old. The only substitution is the oats for the bran cereal. The only addition is the cherries. The yield is about 15 muffins. Calories per muffin are about 194. Total fat is 2g, total carbs 38g (dietary fiber 3.2g), and total protein is 6g.
Ingredients:
1 cup unbleached flour
1.5 teaspoons baking powder
.5 teaspoon baking soda
.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 cups whole rolled oats
1.25 cups 2% milk
1 egg
.5 cup unsweetened apple sauce
.33 cup brown sugar
.66 cup dried cherries
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Whisk dry ingredients together in one bowl.
3. In another bowl whisk together the wet ingredients, and the sugar and cherries.
4. Add the dry to the wet, mixing well with a wooden spoon.
5. Lightly grease 2 8-bay muffin pans with Crisco.
6. Add .25 cup of the mixture to each bay.
7. Add water to the last unfilled bay.
8. Bake 15-20 minutes on the center rack of the oven.
