Apple-carrot Muffins

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Title: APPLE-CARROT MUFFINS
Categories: Breads, Muffins, Vegetarian, Low fat
Yield: 9 servings

1 lg Granny Smith apple
3 md Carrots, peeled
3 Egg whites, lightly beaten
2 tb Canola oil
1/4 c Unsweetened applesauce
1/2 c Dark brown sugar
1 ts Vanilla
3/4 c Flour
1 1/2 ts Baking soda
1 1/2 ts Baking powder
1 ts Cinnamon
1/2 ts Nutmeg
1/4 ts Cloves
1/4 ts Salt
1/3 c Quick-cooking oatmeal
2/3 c Dark or golden raisins
1/2 c Grape Nuts cereal

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray nine
regular-sized muffin cups with vegetable cooking spray
and set aside. 2. Cut the apple into quarters and
remove the core. Coarsely grate the apple and
carrots, either by hand or with a food processor.
Combine with the lightly beaten egg whites, oil,
applesauce, brown sugar and vanilla. 3. Sift together
the flour, soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg,
cloves and salt. Stir into the moist ingredients.
Add the oatmeal, raisins and cereal. Spoon in the
prepared muffin tins, filling to the top. 4. Bake 30
minutes, until the muffins test clean. Cool a few
minutes in the pan before unmolding onto a cooling
rack.

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