Soy-ous Apricot Muffins

Ingredients:

• 2 cups whole wheat or whole grain pastry flour
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar substitute
• 1/3 cup soy flour
• 1 tbsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
• pinch of salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 3/4 cup soy milk
• 3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 3 tbsp. canola oil
• 1/3 cup dried apricots, chopped

Makes 12 muffins

1. Preheat the oven to 400 F. Coat a 12-cup nonstick muffin pan with cooking spray or line with paper baking cups.
2. In a large bowl, thoroughly combine the pastry flour, sugar, sugar substitute, soy flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Hollow out the center of the dry mixture, and add the egg, soy milk, applesauce, oil, and apricots, stirring until moistened. Pour the batter in the prepared muffin cups.
3. Bake for 14 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Allow to cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then place on a rack to completely cool.

WW POINTS VALUE: 4 pts.

 

Note: This recipe appears in the South Beach Diet Cookbook. The people at South Beach Diet have done it again, this time with muffins. These muffins are chewy, moist, flavorful and delicious. The original recipe calls for about 1/2 cup of granulated sugar but you can use 1/4 cup granular sugar substitute and your muffins will taste just as good due to the unsweetened applesauce. The apricots give these muffins a nice kick of flavor to them. If you don't have any soy flour on hand, substitute wheat bran and the muffins will taste just as good. Make these on the weekend and they can be enjoyed throughout the week when you have that sugar craving.