Saturday, September 16, 2006

Recipe for Good-for-you Muffins

Trust me, these are good. The ingredients don't sound great and they don't look great when they are done, but they are good.
  • preheat over to 350 degrees
  • load 24 muffin tin cups with the little paper liners
  • 3 cups (750ml) of Kelloggs All Bran cereal (I've tried other kinds with okay results, but so far the Kelloggs has been the best)
  • 3 cups (750ml) of water
  • let the water soak in and then mix or blend
  • add a package of Betty Crocker Low Fat Brownie mix (I haven't tried any other kind, this is the only low-fat mix I've found around here)
  • add 3 teaspoons (15 ml) of baking powder
  • mix or blend until mixed well
  • distribute across 24 muffin cups
  • bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes
Is good, and Weight Watchers says they are only 1 point each. But even if not so concerned with your weight, they are good, a good source of fiber, and not very fattening for a dessert-type item. From a guy perspective - they are really easy to make, you should use the biggest blender (ie. power tool) in the house to mix the stuff, and you can eat the whole batch without worrying too much about adding to the stuff hanging over your belt buckle - just be aware, coffee and bran react to create a rather desperate situation. If you eat most of the first batch of muffins and then drink a bunch of coffee in the morning, don't have any meetings scheduled until later in the day...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Made the muffins on the weekend--BIG hit with my boys and even the wife liked them!

Stefan