Healthy Whole Wheat Muffins

Name: Healthy Whole Wheat Muffins
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12 Muffins, 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup self rising flour (heaping); 1 cup king arthurs whole wheat flour (heaping); 1/4 cup brown sugar; 1/2 cup flax seed; 1 carrot (large); 1 apple; 1 cup canola oil (olive oil works too); 2 tablespoons molasses (or honey); 1 cup skim milk

Submitted by tennis5

"Well sort of whole wheat...half and half, but these are pretty tasty, easy to make, healthy for the most part, and very filling. I came up with this on my own with experimentation. The very slight hint of sweetness combined with the nutty crunch flax flavor is good stuff. Try with some honey!"

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Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 9
Yields:: 12 Muffins
Serves:: 12

ingredients

1 cup self rising flour (heaping)
1 cup king arthurs whole wheat flour (heaping)
¹⁄₄ cup brown sugar
¹⁄₂ cup flax seed
1 carrot (large)
1 apple
1 cup canola oil (olive oil works too)
2 tablespoons molasses (or honey)
1 cup skim milk

directions

-Preheat oven to 450.
-Mix flours, flax, and brown sugar together (to be really healthy, grind half of flax seed in coffee grinder.
-Finely grate carrot, grate apple, and mix in with dry mixture.
-Mix in oil and molasses (you can substitute honey for molasses).
-Add milk until you get a thick, but wet dough. May use less or more than a cup.
-Spray muffin tin and drop dough into tin.
-I like to sprinkle some extra flax seed on the top of each muffin to get them toasted and crunchy.
-Put in oven and bake for about 20 minutes or until brown on top.
-Top with a little honey -- enjoy!