Guest Author - Jennifer Murray

Apples are an inexpensive and healthy fruit, providing us with fiber, calcium, phosphorous, vitamin C, vitamin A, potassium, and folate. Since supermarkets carry apples all year round now, it's easy to enjoy apples whenever we want. Here is a delicious and low-calorie apple muffin recipe. Enjoy!

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 tsp. baking powder (double acting)

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 cup sugar

1 whole egg

1/2 cup vanilla yogurt

3/4 cup applesauce

1 tbsp. canola oil

4 tsp. sugar (for topping)

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. In a bowl, mix flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and the 1/4 cup sugar. In a separate bowl, beat egg, and then add yogurt, applesauce, and oil to the beaten egg. Mix well. Add egg mixture to the flour mixture and stir until blended.

3. Spray muffin tins with non-stick cooking spray or line with muffin cup liners. Fill cups with mixture and sprinkle each muffin with 1/2 tsp. sugar.

4. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until tops are lightly browned. Cool.

Yields 8 muffins

Nutrition information per muffin: 155 calories; 6 grams protein; 3 grams fat; 24 grams carbs; 229 mg sodium