Healthy Orange and Date Muffins
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
12 muffins
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 1 cup carrot (grated)
- 2⁄3 cup dates (chopped)
- 1⁄2 cup sunflower seeds
- 1 1⁄2 cups wheat bran
- 1 1⁄2 cups plain flour
- 1⁄3 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1 egg (lightly beaten)
- 2 tablespoons butter (melted)
- 1 1⁄2 cups orange juice
- 1⁄2 cup plain nonfat yogurt
directions
- Preheat oven to 200°C.
- In a large bowl combine bran, flour, sugar, sunflower seeds, baking powder and bicarb.
- In a medium bowl,combine carrots, dates, orange juice, orange zest,egg and melted butter.
- Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour the wet ingredients into the centre.
- Mix lightly untill all ingredients combined. Don't overmix, the mixture can still be a bit lumpy and this will make the muffins lighter.
- Spoon into a muffin tin, don't use paper cases, just brush the tin lightly with melted butter.
- Bake in oven for 20 minutes or until skewer insterted into the centre comes out clean.
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