Healthy Muffin Recipes

Ingredients:

1 cup quaker oats, uncooked - (quick or, o, ld-fashioned)
1 cup buttermilk or sour milk*
1 egg
1/3 cup margarine or butter, melted
1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt (optional)
1/2 cup raisins

Instructions:

Combine oats and buttermilk; refrigerate 1 hour or overnight. Heat
oven to 400 F. Grease 12 medium muffin cups or line with paper
baking cups. In large bowl, combine egg, margarine and brown sugar;
mix well. Add oat mixture alternately with combined dry ingredients
to egg mixture, mixing just until dry ingredients are moistened
(batter will be slightly lumpy). Stir in raisins. Fill prepared
muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.

*NOTE: To make sour milk, place 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar in
glass measuring cup. Add enough milk to equal 1 cup; mix well. Let
stand 10 minutes.

NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS per muffin: * calories 162 * carbohydrates 23 g *
protein 4 g * fat 6 g * calcium 56 mg * sodium 160 mg * cholesterol
25 mg * dietary fiber 1 g

Source: "Hurry, Let's Eat!" Reprinted with permission from The Quaker
Oats Company Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

Servings: 12