No-Muffin-Top Muffins

Pear and Oat Muffins

Ingredients:

3/4 cup pear nectar

1/4 cup apple sauce

2 egg whites

2 tbsp vegetable oil

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 tsp grated lemon peel

1 large pear, chopped

2 cups whole wheat flour

2/3 cup brown sugar, packed

1/2 cup oats

1 tbsp baking powder

1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1/2 tsp salt

Topping - optional

          *We used a sprinkle of low fat granola to top each muffin before baking, because that is what we had on hand.  You can use whatever you like or nothing at all!

1.  Pre-heat oven to 350 F.  Mix together first 7 "wet" ingredients in a small bowl.  Combine next 6 "dry" ingredients in large bowl.  Mix dry ingredients well and slowly add wet ingredients, stirring until moistened.  Batter will be thick! 

2.  Line a muffin pan with paper liners and evenly divide batter among the 12 cups.  If you have a topping for the muffins this would be the time to sprinkle it on top.  Bake for 20-25 minutes until tooth pick comes out clean. Cool and Enjoy!

   

 Each muffin counts as one carb.

*Due to the very little fat used in this recipe the muffins tend to stick to the paper liners slightly more than a normal muffin, but they taste delicious and are guilt free so we can deal with that!