Apple-carrot Muffins

Title: APPLE-CARROT MUFFINS

Categories: Breads, Muffins, Vegetarian, Low fat

Yield: 9 servings

1 lg Granny Smith apple

3 md Carrots, peeled

3 Egg whites, lightly beaten

2 tb Canola oil

1/4 c Unsweetened applesauce

1/2 c Dark brown sugar

1 ts Vanilla

3/4 c Flour

1 1/2 ts Baking soda

1 1/2 ts Baking powder

1 ts Cinnamon

1/2 ts Nutmeg

1/4 ts Cloves

1/4 ts Salt

1/3 c Quick-cooking oatmeal

2/3 c Dark or golden raisins

1/2 c Grape Nuts cereal

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray nine

regular-sized muffin cups with vegetable cooking spray

and set aside. 2. Cut the apple into quarters and remove the core. Coarsely grate the apple and carrots, either by hand or with a food processor.

Combine with the lightly beaten egg whites, oil,

applesauce, brown sugar and vanilla. 3. Sift together

the flour, soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg,

cloves and salt. Stir into the moist ingredients.

Add the oatmeal, raisins and cereal. Spoon in the

4. Bake

minutes, until the muffins test clean. Cool a few

minutes in the pan before unmolding onto a cooling

rack. --