Applesauce Walnut Cranberry Muffins

April 28, 2009

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

* 2 cups whole grain spelt flour or whole wheat pastry flour
* 1/2 cup sucanat
* 1 tablespoon non-aluminum baking powder
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 6 oz. fresh cranberries
* 1/2 to 1 cup walnuts, chopped
* 1 cup apple sauce, or fresh apples processed fine
* 2 tablespoons soymilk

Directions:

Mix all dry ingredients together. Add in
berries and nuts. Add applesauce and
soy milk, and stir just till batter is
moistened.

Pile into 12 greased or
papered muffin cups. (Batter will puff
as combined, but will not rise more
while baking.) Bake 20-25 minutes at
400 degrees.

Variation: I’ve omitted the sucanat and
substituted about 15 whole pitted dates.
I pulverize the dates with the rest of
the dry ingredients in my VitaMix, which
essentially turns the dates to date vegan sugar.
This works just fine in the recipe.

Serves: 12

Preparation time: 10 min