Apple Bran Muffins - Nutrition powerhouse made eggless

You have had a healthy and simple lunch, you are happy that you ate sensibly, you put a nice blue tick near that particular meal in your "Eat Sensibly Resolution Chart" and feeling mighty pleased about it. Tick, Tock, Tick...the clock ticks away slowly the hand creeping towards 4:00 PM and something else creeps in your belly! Hey is a wild cat nearby? Is someone watching your favourite Animal Planet channel? No..No wait a minute? Is that growl coming from your stomach..yeah it is! Hunger pangs and the tongue starts playing dirty tricks - making you imagine - that Jalapeno chips wonderfully crunch, in your mouth; how about that 'tadak' sound when you bite that nutty chocolate bar, mm...and and how about that delicious looking bagel with a nice filling of cream cheese making eyes with you..........aaaaaaaah!!!!

No, No, you say, looking at your chart!. Then you think of diverting by checking your mails and you get entries for events you are hosting where your fellow foodies are Flaunting .Their . Wares . You start feeling like a dog! No not in a derogatory way..but you so resemble one, salivating this way! You are like OK, THAT's IT and try to grab that Cream cheese bagel - and that's when I say STOP! Here is another yummy alternative which wont make you feel that you are on a diet or something.



Apple Bran muffins is the way to go - They have that Jalepeno chip like crunch as soon as you bite into it and 2 seconds later, you get a nice chewy texture like that bagel and in the end you feel like you have bitten away the nutty chocolate bar to glory - except that you havent. What you did was eat into a nutrition powerhouse that is so ridiculously low in calories in return of immense benefits that its not even funny! It has a fruit, goodness of wheat and wheat bran, nuts and spices which make blend it all together. Don't go by the appearance - This is one Abraham Lincoln model - The packaging isnt pretty - but whats inside is worth all the time, effort and money :)

Ingredients


• 1 apple, grated ( pls dont peel the skin! There are nutrients in there)
  
  
• 1 cup wheat bran
  
  
• 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
  
  
• 1/4 cup All purpose flour
  
  
• 1 cup milk
  
  
• 1/4 cup pecans ( or walnuts)
  
  
• 2 tbsp brown sugar ( this muffin is v mildly sweet, the way I like it. You can add more if you desire..)
  
  
• 1 tbsp butter
  
  
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  
  
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  
  
• 1/4 cup applesauce
  
  
• 1/4 cup oil
  
  
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  
  
• 1 tbsp baking powder
  
  

Method

1.Preheat Oven to 375F. Mix all the wet ingredients together along with the spices.



2.In a seperate bowl, add all the dry ingredients together.



3.Now mix both of them together.



4.Drop spoonfuls of the dough into a lined muffin pan.



5.Bake them for 20-30 min until golden brown.



Cool them in a counter and enjoy!