Apple honey spice muffins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup (175 mL) all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup (175 mL) whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp (5 mL) baking powder
• 1/4 tsp (1 mL) baking soda
• 1 tsp (5 mL) ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp (2.5 mL) ground ginger
• 1/8 tsp (0.5 mL) ground cloves
• 1/2 tsp (2.5 mL) salt
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup (60 mL) canola oil
• 1/4 cup (60 mL) honey
• 1 ½ cups (375 mL) packed, shredded apple (about 2 small apples)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. Mix flours, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt.
3. Whisk together egg, oil and honey until blended; stir in grated apple.
4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
5. Add 12 paper liners to a muffin tin. Use a ¼ cup measure to scoop batter into lined muffin cups. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Let cool on wire rack before serving. Makes 12 muffins.

Tips:

• Cooking know-how: Choose tart, flavourful apples for this recipe. Honeycrisp, Mutsu or Granny Smith work well.
• Nutrition know-how: Leaving the skin on the apple and grating it into the recipe adds extra fibre.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Canada’s 250 Essential Diabetes Recipes, Canadian Diabetes Association, Edited by Sharon Zeiler, BSC, MBA, RD, Robert Rose, 2011