I think I may have just won the breakfast lottery....I am sick and tired of giving my kids the same ole breakfast morning after morning --waffles, pancakes, toast, cereal or oatmeal -- it is time for a change. I found a recipe for Morning Glory Muffins on AllRecipes.com, but ended up changing almost everything about the recipe to fit the ingredients I actually had on hand....I was very skeptical as I shoved the muffins in the oven to bake, hoping I would end up with something somewhat edible....what resulted was nothing short of a-mazing. And, healthy to boot! Here's what I came up with:
(sorry for the poor lighting...it's raining here today and I am majorly lacking natural light)
Early Bird Muffins
Makes about 21 muffins (I know an odd number...)
Oven 375 Degrees
Ingredients:
2 cups of Flour
1 1/4 cups Sugar
1 Tbs. Cinnamon
2 tsp. Baking Powder
1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
1/2 tsp. salt
3 Apples, peeled, cored and chopped
1 Banana, peeled and chopped
1 cup Raisins
2 Eggs
1/2 cup Apple Sauce
1/4 cup Vegetable Oil
1 Tbs Vanilla Extract
Topping:
1/4 cup Almonds, chopped
2 Tbs Wheat Germ
1/2 T Cinnamon
1/2 T Brown Sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375. In a large bowl combine all of the dry ingredients, stir to combine. Next add the remaining ingredients, stir to combine....now, I know somewhere in bake-land I am committing a mortal sin by telling you to just dump everything in a bowl and stir....but that's how I do it, because I don't have the patience to do it any other way :)
For the topping, pour almonds into a food processor and chop to desired consistency. Combine chopped almonds and remaining topping ingredients in a small bowl. Set aside.
Line muffin pan with baking cups and spoon muffin batter into individual cups. I filled mine almost entirely full...this is the one circumstance when I feel a big muffin top is a good thing ;) Next, sprinkle topping mixture over muffin batter. Place in oven and bake for 20 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
I am so happy that these turned out as well as they did! They will definitely be on a regular breakfast rotation from now on...I think my toaster will thank me :)
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