Good morning!!! It’s almost Friday and then the weekend is here! 
In spirit of my No Cereal challenge, I made muffins this morning! I didn’t use a recipe because honestly I like creating recipes instead.
Apple Oat Bran Muffins
(makes 12 muffins)
- 1 egg substitute (I always use 1 TBSP ground flax + 3 TBSP water – let it sit a few minutes before adding other ingredients)
- 3 Tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
- 1/4 cup agave nectar
- 1 cup light vanilla soymilk (or any other milk/ milk substitute)
- 1 cup whole wheat spelt flour
- 1 cup oat bran
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 Tablespoon of cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 cup chopped dried apples
- Turbinado sugar (optional to make a sweet, crunchy topping)
Preheat oven to 400*F. Mix all of the ingredients through the spices. Stir in the dried apples. Liberally spray a muffin pan with some sort of non-stick spray (there is minimal fat in the muffins so they’ll want to stick!). Spoon batter into the tins. If desired, top each muffin with a tiny bit of turbinado sugar. Bake for 15 minutes. Let cool a few minutes and enjoy!
The taste? A hearty, whole grain, lightly sweetened delicious little muffin. I will gladly continue enjoying these and I think this recipe will soon go on the recipe page.
With my breakfast I also enjoyed a juicy pear and a glass of iced unsweetened pomegranate goji berry green tea that I brewed yesterday afternoon. Delicious!!
I think my No Cereal Challenge is off to a great start! (Don’t worry though – even though I have 11 muffins left, I won’t be having a muffin a day for the next 11 days! Most of these muffins are freezer-bound!).
Time to go make the most of my day, xoxo!
Those muffins look fantastic! I get too nervous deviating from recipes so kudos to you for making your own up!
Those look great! I'm nervous to have muffins for breakfast because I feel like they don't hold me over that well but these look pretty hearty!
Those look great, and perfect for my breakfast parfaits! Thanks for sharing the recipe. I saved it so when I finally get around to baking my own muffins, I can try these
wow I get the no cereal challenge…but just totally can't go there
Fantastic batch of muffins there, ma'am!!
Good luck with the rest of your challenge!!
mmm those muffins look amazing
These muffins look tasty! And they're vegan
The muffins look delicious–good luck with your challenge!
I wish I was able to create a baked good from my head. When it comes to cooking, this is absolutely no problem, but if I would try to bake something without excplicit instruction, it would be disasterous.
Acutally, even when I do bake following the recipe, it usually comes out disastourous. Haha, oh well, I'll stick to cooking and just drool over your yummy baked goods!
I made these today! Thanks so much, they're delicious