Brittany's Applesauce Muffins

	Applesauce Muffins from Lunches & Snacks with Lessons for Children Capture children's curiosity about food and food preparation at the opportune moments. Beginning reader-ready lessons help young cooks understand the "why" as they practice the "how" from set up to clean up. Recipes written by the numbers help avoid confusion. Nutrition questions for discussion highlight the value of key ingredients. Help your children discover how to satisfy appetites with quality alternatives to refined flours, sugar and hydrogenated shortening. This is a cookbook which applies the philosophy parents understand well--If they fix it, they'll eat it.
Assemble Ingredients & Equipment
STEP #1 MIX LIQUID INGREDIENTS

Add Melted Butter

Crack Egg	3/4 Cup Honey	Add Applesauce
	Applesauce Muffins Guest Demonstration by Brittany Fuller of Grandview, Washington AMOUNT: 10 to 12 Muffins Bake: 350 degrees 25 Minutes 1. Melt butter and place in a large mixing bowl. Thoroughly beat in remaining liquid ingredients with wire whish, one at a time in the order listed. 1/4 cup melted butter (1/2 cube), unsalted preferred 1 egg 3/4 cup honey 3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce 1/4 teaspoon almond extract 2. Place four and nuts in a medium mixing bowl Thoroughly blend in remaining ingredients with a mixing spoon: 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour* 3/4 cup chopped walnuts, optional 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 3. Blend dry ingredients into liquid ingredients with wire whisk just until mixed. DO NOT OVER MIX! 4. Scoop batter into greased muffin pan. A 1/4 or 1/3 cup dry measuring cup with a handle works well for this. Fill cups almost full. Fill any empty muffin cups half full of water. 5. Set pan in center of oven. Bake about 25 minutes until done. 6. Allow muffins to cool in pan 2-3 minutes. With a slight tug on the sides they should pop out easily. Per muffin of 12 without nuts: Exchanges: 1 Fat; 2 Fruit; 1.25 Bread; 223 Calories, 3 g protein (5%), 5 g fat (21%), 42 g carbohydrate (74%; 23 g sugars), 2.5 g dietary fiber, 33 mg cholesterol, 103 mg sodium, $.20 At the time this recipe was photographed we had not yet introduced the two stage process. To take advantange of the two stage process in this recipe we recommend that you use pastry grain that has been sprouted and dried. See: Two Stage Process*
Add Almond Extract

Whisk to Mix ingredients
STEP #2 MIX DRY INGREDIENTS

Add 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon to 2 cups Pastry Flour Add Walnuts (optional)

Add 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves


Add 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder	Add 1/2 teaspoon baking soda			Add 1/4 teaspoon salt
PREPARE OPTIONAL INGREDENTS: Sliced Apple & Raisins or Currants


	STEP #3 BLEND DRY INGREDIENTS INTO LIQUID INGREDIENTS
				Don't Over Mix Or Your Muffins Twill Turn to Bricks!
Fold in Optional Ingredients
STEP #4 FILL MUFFIN CUPS			STEP #5 BAKE IN OVEN

Spray Muffin Cups	Fill			Place in Center of Preheated Oven
	STEP #6 REMOVE & COOL

Set Timer	Remove with Potholder	Let Cool & Pop Out
				Click Photos Above for Full Sized Photo Demonstration
Serve	Enjoy!
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LUNCHES & SNACKS with Lessons for Children includes a special 75 paged insert that guides young cooks in preparing beverages, breads, crackers, chips, sandwiches soups, spreads and dips from set up to clean up. Recipes written by-the-numbers avoid confusion. Nutrition quizzes for discussion. Children learn to master basic food preparation skills along with the nutritional why's. Index, 168 pages. ISBN 1-878272-03-9 $14 Cooking with Children CD Over 70 step-by-step photo demonstrations Learn more facilitates teaching beginning cooks $15. $10 when purchased with cookbook. 187 pages. ISBN 1-878272-16-0 $14
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