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Apple Walnut Muffins

10/17/2018

you like muffins but don't want all that sugary taste that goes along with some of them, then you will love this recipe! It is full of apple flavor and not over powered by too much sugar.

I changed the original recipe to include a very important step that adds more apple flavor. Hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do!

INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup apples, chopped
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup milk
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup melted butter
1/4 cup sugar substitute or sugar
1 egg
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt

TOPPING
1 cup apples, chopped
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp sugar substitute (or sugar if you prefer)

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper liners
In a small sauce pan add 1 tbsp vegetable oil, 1 cup of apples, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1 tbsp Splenda (or sugar if you prefer). Stir on Medium heat for 6-7 minutes (or until mushy). Set aside to cool.
Mix the remainder of the ingredients (except for the topping) together using a wooden spoon. Batter will be lumpy. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Take a teaspoon of the Topping and place into the center of the batter of each muffin cup.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the muffin comes out clean.

Make 1 dozen.

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Dehydrating Bananas for Snacks

10/16/2018

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Oh what a beautiful snowy day it is today! Great day to stay home and bake, dehydrate, sew and work on websites. Since I finished the Apples last night (oh they are so tasty), I decided that the bananas were the next on my list. My mind is swirling with all these ideas of what I can do with all this fruit in its dehydrated state. But I don't want to give away my ideas, just yet :). As I was looking at the 9 pounds of bananas that I bought the other day, I couldn't decide whether I should make slices or sticks, so I decided to try both! Here they are in all their naked glory! OH I can't wait until these are done!!!
*This post was originally posted in October 26, 2011. I am bringing my older post over from my original blog. :)

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Dehydrating Apples

10/16/2018

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    This morning I washed, cored and sliced the bowl of apples to put in the dehydrator. This is my first attempt at doing apples, so I am crossing my fingers and my toes, hoping they come out good and tasty! I decided to go the "o-natural" route and not pre-soak them or coat them with anything. I put them in "naked as a jaybird". I don't mind a little discoloring, so I hope it was a good plan! 8:30 am they went in. Asked my hubby to switch the trays around around lunch time. Hoping when I get home at 3:30 that they will be done. Not sure how long they will take. So I am experimenting with the time also. :)
   After 6 Hours of Drying - the majority of them were done (a few that were thicker than the others needed a little extra time. Here are the end results!
    *This post was originally posted in October 25, 2011. I am bringing my older post over from my original blog. :)

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