Smoothie Muffins

Yep. You read that correctly. I just made what I'm affectionately referring to as "smoothie muffins." I initially was going to make mango muffins, but before I starting mixing the batter, I failed to check to see if I had ripe mangoes. I did not. Emergency plan: raid freezer. I discovered about a 1/2 cup of frozen mango, 3 giant frozen peach slices and about 10 strawberries. I pureed them, tossed it in the batter, and thought to myself, "What the heck? It's just fruit."

Smoothie Muffins (Makes 12 full-size muffins)
1 c all purpose flour
1 c wheat flour
3 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
3/4 c brown sugar (or honey if you prefer)
1/4 c applesauce (or veg. oil)
1 c almond milk (or regular milk)
1 egg (I used 1 T flaxseed and 3 T water instead)
1 1/2 c of whatever fruit you want

1. Preheat to 400 degrees F.
2. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
3. In a separate bowl, combine sugar, applesauce, milk and egg.
4. Add dry to wet just until combined. Avoid overmixing. Fold in your fruit.
5. Spoon into greased muffin tin or baking cups and bake for around 20 minutes. Test with a toothpick a few times to make sure they're baked through.
I added a crumb topping that I had leftover from another recipe, but it's certainly not necessary.

White Chocolate Cranberry Muffins

I set out to make muffins for our Sunday school class this evening. It was easy to find recipes that aren't healthy, so I had to get creative. I'm pretty pleased with the results. 

So, without further ado, I give you the recipe that I found online and then hijacked. 

1 c whole wheat flour

1 c all purpose flour

1 t baking powder

1/2 t baking soda

1 egg

1/2 c brown sugar

1/3 c granulated white sugar

1 t vanilla extract

1/2 cup applesauce

1c + 1 T plain yogurt (vanilla would work too, and then you can cut out some white sugar)

1 c Craisins (you can use fresh or frozen if you prefer, but sweeten them if you decide to go that route)

3/4 c white baking chips

Preheat your oven to 375 F. Grease a 12 cup muffin tin. 

In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and baking soda and blend all together. 

In a medium bowl, combine egg, brown sugar, white sugar, vanilla, applesauce and yogurt. Whisk until smooth.

Add wet ingredients to dry and stir as little as possible until mixture is moist throughout. Fold in Craisins and chips. Bake for about 25 minutes, until toothpick inserted into center of muffin comes out clean. Voila!