wake & bake

Rise and Shine! 

I find that it is much easier to face the "draining" days of suburbia when my morning cup of joe is paired with a freshly baked breakfast treat. In an attempt to embrace the new fall season, I give you my original recipe for apple/cinnamon/walnut muffins- low calorie & low fat, of course!

(also proven helpful in comforting the resurfaced anxiety that you may experience after preceding rant)

"Autumn Muffins"

dry bowl

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 cup unbleached flour

1/2 cup oats

1/4 cup toasted wheat germ

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 

wet bowl

1/4 cup veg oil

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup eggwhites

1/2 container of plain yogurt

1 teaspoon vanilla

Add dry to wet in batches. Then gently mix in-

1 apple, peeled & finely chopped (freshly picked from the orchard, of course)

2 lunch box containers of apple sauce (1 cup-ish)

1/2 cup of raisins (or not)

Scoop bater into muffin tin.

Topping

mix and sprinkle on top:

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup chopped walnuts

1 teaspoon cinnamon

bake @ 400 F, 15-20 minutes. 

 where else but in the uneventful suburban world of dieting housewives would I be inspired to create such a treat?