MOrning Glory Muffins - A healthy breakfast!

Another one from my all time favorite Allrecipes.com

When i made this for the first time i followed the recipe exactly. When i made it again i made the healthier version as some of the reviewers suggested : I used whole wheat flour, apple sauce, splenda, and cut down all the coconut. It came out really good. This s very much filling in the mornings if u take 2 and a good snack in the evening!

check out the recipe here Easy Morning GLory Muffins

Apple Crumb Cake

I found this wonderful website The Purple Foodie few days back and when i revisited it today i came across this yummilicious recipe of Apple Crumb Cake. And i wanted to make it right away. I had all the ingredients at home except for baking powder. So i waited till evening to go out with my kids to our near by NTUC Fairprice to buy it.

We had a nice walk and i explained to my kiddos about the cake on the way! My daughter was all excited about it especially when i explained about the topping!!! She had seen only the frosting as a topping on the cake but not something like this which has to be baked with the cake! My son on the other hand was not at all interested about it!! LOL!! i guess its hard to impress a almost 3 yr old without a chocolate ingredient! :D

This cake is for my dear daughter and my DH who loves anything with apples and cinnamon. And DS... chocolate chip cookies are coming ur way soon honey! :)

here goes the original recipe..

Crumb topping:

5 tbsp butter, cold

¼ cup sugar

1/3 cup light brown sugar

½ cup flour

¼ tsp salt

½ cup walnut, chopped

For the cake:

1 large apple, peeled, cored and diced

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

¼ tsp salt

¼ tsp cinnamon, ground

2/3 cup sugar

8 tbsp butter (100g)

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

½ cup yogurt

Making the crumb topping:

Mix together all the ingredients except the walnuts. You could do this either manually (using a fork or a pastry blender) or pulse it in a food processor. Next, stir in the nuts. Refrigerate until needed.

Making the cake:

Preheat the oven to 350°F/175°C. Butter an 8 inch square or circular pan.

Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.

In a large bowl, beat the sugar and the butter with a hand mixer until light and airy, about 3 minutes.

Add the eggs one at a time, beating for a minute after each addition.

Reduce the speed now and add the flour in 3 parts and yogurt in 2 parts alternately; starting and ending with flour.

You will have a very thick batter. Stir in the chopped apples.

Transfer the batter in the buttered pan and even out the top with a spatula.

Get the crumb topping out of the fridge and break it apart using a fork. Then sprinkle it over the batter.

Bake for 50-60 minutes or until the crumbs are golden and a skewer comes out clean.

I made some changes in the original recipe

For the crumb toping i reduced the white sugar to 2 tbsp. And for the cake i added 1/3 brown sugar and 1/3 white sugar.

Oatmeal Muffins

Yesterday night i had a lot of reasons to bake muffins! I had brought this silicon muffin cups and wanted to try on it so badly! And my Dh was coming home late from work and the kids were in bed by 9 pm and i had pretty much nothing to do. Then searching for lots of recipes especially the ones with oats i came across this recipe. It was a good base but i added a lot of things to it.

The recipe was is very easy to make. I started of by ( pm and the first batch was already in the Oven by 9:25pm!

The changes i made in the recipe are

• added 1/4 cup of applesauce
• added 1 large chopped pear
• added a medium sized mashed banana.
• in some of the muffins i added half a tsp of Nutella
• in some i added chopped dates and walnuts
• in some i added a tsp of strawberry jam in the middle

Altogether they were delicious. And i love love love the silicon muffin cups. Just turn them upside down the muffins are out and you dont even have to wait for it to cool.

Healthy Apple Cinnamon Muffins

My hubby is a big fan of cinnamon. So i keep on searching for baking recipes with loads and loads of cinnamon flavour. This recipe one came out perfect! 

Its sure a healthier version of the muffins with no oil and sugar. I made some changes in the original recipe after reading the reviews --- increased the cinnamon by 1 tsp, milk by 1/4 cup, added 1 more egg,  and reduced the apple to 1.

Also i added about 4 tbsp of raisins and walnuts as my kids suggested!! It turned out really yummy!!! i still can smell the cinnamon all over my kitchen!