Name: Easy Apple Nut Muffins
Cook time: 18 min
Ingredients: 2 tablespoon butter substitute suitable for baking; 1/3 cup packed brown sugar; 1 tablespoon plus 3 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 2 apples, diced and peeled; 1/2 cup nuts, finely chopped; 3/4 cup butter substitute, softened; 1 1/2 cup sugar substitute suitable for baking; 3 eggs, or equivalent egg substitute; 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 1 1/2 cup fat free sour cream; Cinnamon-sugar, to taste

Easy Apple Nut Muffins

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Easy Apple Nut Muffins take all the hard work out of entertaining. Master our delicious recipe for these healthy fruit muffins, and you'll always have a great treat on hand when company comes!

Cooking Time18 min

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter substitute suitable for baking
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon plus 3 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 apples, diced and peeled
1/2 cup nuts, finely chopped
3/4 cup butter substitute, softened
1 1/2 cup sugar substitute suitable for baking
3 eggs, or equivalent egg substitute
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cup fat free sour cream
Cinnamon-sugar, to taste

Instructions

In a saucepan, melt butter. Stir in brown sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, cinnamon and nutmeg until smooth.
Add apples. Cook over medium-low heat for 10 minutes or until tender, stirring frequently. remove from heat.
Stir in nuts. Cool.
In mixing bowl, cream butter substitute and sugar substitute.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Beat in vanilla.
Combine dry ingredients.
Add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream.
Fill greased muffin cups half full of batter. Spoon apple mixture into the center of each (do not spread). Top with remaining batter. Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 16-18 minutes or until muffins test done. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.