stuffing muffins

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup dark raisins or 2/3 cup golden raisin (or a mixture of both)
• 1 3/4 cups nonfat milk
• 2 tablespoons olive oil or 2 tablespoons walnut oil
• 1/2 cup finely diced tart green apple (we used about 1/2 a granny smith)
• 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 1/3 cup applesauce, unsweetened
• 2 teaspoons dried italian herb seasoning
• 2 tablespoons minced onions
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 5 teaspoons baking powder

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl, cover the raisins with water and let sit 1 minute, then drain.
• 2 allow raisins to stand for 30 minutes to absorb the moisture that remains on their skins.
• 3 preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• 4 grease standard muffin tins, line them with cupcake papers or spray them with nonstick cooking spray.
• 5 in a medium bowl, whisk together the milk, oil, apple, applesauce, walnuts, herbs, onion, sugar, salt and pepper.
• 6 combine the flour and baking powder and sift together.
• 7 add the flour mixture and raisins to the milk mixture and stir with a fork until the batter is blended.
• 8 spoon batter into prepared muffin tins, filling each cup almost full.
• 9 bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the muffin comes out clean.
• 10 remove from the tins and transfer the muffins to a rack to cool slightly.
• 11 serve warm.
• 12 makes 12 muffins.