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These Morning Glory muffins are full of everything you'd expect in the bakery favorite-carrots, apple and raisins, topped with nuts and toasted wheat germ. If raisins aren't your favorite, substitute an equal amount of the dried fruit of your choice.

Source: EatingWell Magazine, Holiday Issue 1995

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Recipe Summary

total:
1 hr
Servings:
18
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Ingredients

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Directions

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  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Coat 18 muffin cups with cooking spray.

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  • Whisk whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Stir in carrots, apple and raisins. Whisk egg, egg whites, apple butter, oil and vanilla in a medium bowl.

  • Make a well in the dry ingredients and stir in the wet ingredients with a rubber spatula until just combined. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling them about three-fourths full. Combine walnuts and wheat germ in a small bowl; sprinkle over the muffin tops.

  • Bake the muffins until the tops are golden brown and spring back when touched lightly, 15 to 25 minutes. Let cool in the pans for 5 minutes. Loosen edges and turn muffins out onto a wire rack to cool.

Tips

Make Ahead Tip: Get a head start on your morning muffins the night before by mixing up the dry and liquid ingredients separately (refrigerate liquids). In the morning, combine the two, scoop and bake.

Ingredient note: Dried egg whites are pasteurized--a wise choice when making meringue toppings that may not reach 160°F (the temperature at which eggs are considered "safe"). You'll find them in the baking or natural-foods section of most supermarkets. Reconstitute according to package directions.

DIY Muffin Cups: Make your next batch of muffins or cupcakes the ultimate grab-and-go treat by lining your tin with muffin liners. No liners? No problem. Use 5-inch squares of parchment paper, coat each muffin cup with cooking spray, and push each square into the cups using a small can or bottle, pressing the paper up the sides. (It's OK if some of the paper is sticking out over the rim.) Fill each cup as directed.

Nutrition Facts

162 calories; protein 3.2g; carbohydrates 29g; dietary fiber 2.1g; sugars 15.2g; fat 4.4g; saturated fat 0.4g; cholesterol 10.3mg; vitamin a iu 2289IU; vitamin c 1.4mg; folate 15.3mcg; calcium 23.3mg; iron 0.8mg; magnesium 17.6mg; potassium 146.7mg; sodium 154.2mg; thiamin 0.1mg.

1 starch, 1/2 fruit, 1/2 other carbohydrate, 1 fat

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