Description
This recipe is a cross between a donut and a muffin. Baked, not fried, using wholesome ingredients, it is actually a smart start to your day!
Ingredients
- White Whole Wheat Flour
- Baking Powder
- Salt
- Nutmeg
- Baking Soda
- Low-fat Buttermilk
- Butter
- Unsweetened Applesauce
- Granulated Sugar
- Egg Whites
- Egg
- Vanilla
- Cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees f
- Line 2 12-cup muffin tins with paper liners
- Spray lightly with non-stick spray
- Combine butter and applesauce
- Add sugar and beat for 1-2 minutes, until fully incorporated
- Beat in egg whites and whole egg for another 2 minutes
- Mix in vanilla and buttermilk
- Stir in flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and baking soda until combined
- Be careful not to overmix when adding the dry ingredients or muffins will be tough
- Scoop batter into prepared muffin tins, about two thirds full
- Bake muffins for 13-15 minutes, or until batter starts to pull away from the liners and tops spring back when poked
- While muffins are baking, mix 1 / 4 cup sugar and cinnamon
- Sprinkle tops of muffins with cinnamon sugar right after removing them from the oven
- Cool for 2 minutes in pan, then remove to cooling rack
- Refrigerate