Diabetic Diet: Breads/Desserts, Corn Bread Applesauce Muffins

We showed how applesauce is versatile and delicious with pork chops the other day, but now it’s time to look at how applesauce can make even the most tough muffins or breads (see: corn bread) absolutely luscious and soft like a cloud.

Prep time: About a half hour or so

Serves:  8

Ingredients:

-          Vegetable oil or vegetable oil spray

-          ½ of a cup of all-purpose white flour

-          ½ of a cup of coarse yellow cornmeal

-          One and a half teaspoons of baking powder

-          ¼ of a teaspoon of salt

-          ½ of a cup of fat-free (see: 1%) milk

-          One egg or the egg substitute equivalent of one egg

-          Two tablespoons of honey

-          Two tablespoons of unsweetened applesauce

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
2. Lightly spray or coat the eight muffin cups with vegetable oil spray.
3. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and cornmeal into a large bowl.
4. Stir well.
5. Beat the remaining ingredients into a small bowl.
6. Make a well/hole in the cornmeal mixture.
7. Pour the milk mixture into the well/hole and stir just until it is moistened.
8. Fill the muffin cups two-thirds full with the batter.
9. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the muffins comes out clean.
10. Enjoy!