Healthy Apple Walnut Muffins

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons oat bran
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup apple juice concentrate (frozen and thawed)
• 1/3 cup buttermilk
• 2 small granny smith apples, peeled, cored, chopped
• 1/3 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1 small granny smith apple, peeled, cored, cut into 12 thin slices

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 2 grease 12 standard size muffin pan cups, or use paper liners.
• 3 in a medium bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, nutmeg, salt, and oat bran.
• 4 in a large bowl, whisk together eggs, 1 cup plus 2 tbsp apple juice concentrate, and buttermilk.
• 5 stir flour mixture into the egg mixture until dry ingredients are just moistened. do not over mix.
• 6 gently stir in chopped apples and walnuts.
• 7 spoon batter into prepared pan, filling cups two thirds full.
• 8 garnish each unbaked muffin with an apple slice.
• 9 bake muffins until lightly golden and the tops spring back when gently pressed, about 25 minutes.
• 10 transfer muffin pan to a wire rack to cool slightly, about 15 - 20 minutes.
• 11 turn muffins out on rack to cool completely.