Super Wholesome Carrot and Bran Muffins

These are really my favourites. You'd be forgiven for thinking it was a naughty carrot cake recipe but the muffins actually contain far more goodness than high fibre bread.

Scrap the toast with jam and try these fabulous babies for brekkie!


INGREDIENTS:
1 cup oat bran
1 cup wholemeal flour
1/2 cup wheat germ
1 pinch salt
1 tspn bicarbonate of soda
1 tspn baking powder
1 tspn cinnamon
1/2 tspn nutmeg
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sultanas
1/2 cup roughly chopped walnuts
1 large carrot (grated)
1 Granny Smith apple (grated)
1/2 cup sunflower oil
2 tbspns treacle or molasses
2 eggs
3/4 cup low fat milk

Mix all dry ingredients in a large bowl (including walnuts and sultanas) and set aside.

In a separate bowl, whisk milk, sunflower oil, eggs and treacle. Add the whisked ingredients to the dry ones, then add the grated carrot and apple.

Stir until just incorporated, being careful not to over-mix. Over-mixing will make the muffins rubbery and dense. Not good!

Pour mixture into decent sized patty pans until it reaches the rim of each. Drizzle some extra treacle over the tops of the muffins and place them in a fan forced oven at 190ºC for approximately 20 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown.

Yummy!