Maple Spice Muffins and Giveaway
Today I am featuring “Double Delicious! Good, Simple Food for Busy, Complicated Lives" by Jessica Seinfeld. What a great cookbook. Especially for families with kids. Jessica finds ways to make ordinary foods extraordinary by loading them up with healthy ingredients, such as pureed vegetables and fruits. She also uses healthy ingredients that you can add…
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 13 of 15 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Yogurt | 170g plain Greek | 100 |
| Apple | 1 medium (182g) | 95 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Maple Syrup | 1 tbsp (20ml) | 52 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Allspice | 1 tsp ground (1.9g) | 5 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Spread | not in our table | 0 |
| Pastry | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- Nonstick cooking spray
- ¼ cup trans-fat-free soft tub margarine spread
- ½ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 (6 oz) container of low-fat lemon yogurt
- ½ cup nonfat sour cream
- 1 large egg
- 1 large carrot, washed and grated
- 1 small apple, grated
- ½ cup raisins
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 ½ tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp allspice
- 1/2 tsp ground clove
- 1/4 tsp salt