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This delicious muffin makes a quick healthy breakfast on the run or to pack into a lunch box for a nutritious snack. Apples and rolled oats are full of a fiber that will fill you up, making you less likely to go hunting around for high fat snacks mid morning.
1 cup rolled oats
1 1/2 cups apple juice
3 tablespoons linseeds
60 ml macadamia nut oil
2 tablespoons honey
6 egg whites or 3 whole eggs
1 1/2 cups organic whole-meal flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
2 apples, cored and diced
1 cup sliced dried figs or sultanas
Flaked almonds to garnish (optional)
Preheat your oven to 180C
Combine the oats, linseeds and apple juice then allow to sit overnight or for at least an hour.
Add the oil, eggs and honey.
Fold in the flour, cinnamon and baking powder followed by the apples and sliced figs.
Spoon into muffin tins and sprinkle with the flaked almonds if using.
Bake for 25 - 30 minutes or until the muffins are cooked through.
Remove from the oven and allow the muffins to cool a little before eating.
Enjoy.
Teresa's healthy tip:
When baking - replace white refined flour with healthier flours like wholemeal, buckwheat, brown rice, rye and oat. You can also substitute butter in the recipe for a healthier vegetable or nut oil like olive, grape-seed or macadamia.
By Teresa Cutter < the healthy chef © 2006
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