Good For You Muffins

Good For You Muffins

Good For You Muffins

 45 minutes

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Serving Size: 12
Vegetarian: True
Weight Watchers: 6 Points

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side dish

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Ingredients

1/4 cup applesauce (homemade or no sugar added)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
2 mashed ripe bananas
1/2 cup carrots, grated
1/2 cup Hot Cereal
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1 egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
Zest and juice of 1 lemon*
1 package (8 oz) Neufchatel Cheese, softened
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 teaspoon sugar
Unsalted butter for greasing
3/4 cup whole-wheat flour

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F. Using a handheld or standing mixer, beat neufchatel cheese, sugar, and butter on medium speed until well blended.

Add banana, egg, applesauce, lemon zest and juice, and carrots.

Mix well.In a separate bowl, mix all dry ingredients (except cranberries) together until combined.

Add combined dry ingredients gradually to the wet ingredients and mix until moistened. Leave about 1 tbsp of the dry ingredients in the bowl to coat the cranberries. After coating the cranberries with the flour mixture, add to the batter, and fold in with a spoon until evenly distributed.

Pour batter into greased and floured, or paper cup-lined muffin tray.

Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; remove from muffin tray. Cool completely on wire rack.

Serve and enjoy! Make 12 "puffy" muffins, or up to 18 normal-sized muffins.Note: I had a "Momnesia" moment and thought that I had some oranges on hand, which would have tasted delicious with the cranberries and carrot! However, when I went to grab one, I noticed that the only citrus I had was lemons... Oops! So, I used lemon and it turned out fine. If you decide to use orange, you could use half or all of the zest of one orange, and about 2-3 tbsp of the juice. :)

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