Healthier Chocolate Chip Muffins

Adapted from Nigella Lawson’s recipe on foodnetwork

Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ingredients:

1 ¾ cups flour

2 tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. baking soda

2 Tbsp. cocoa powder

¾ cup sugar

¾ cup chocolate chips plus ¼ cup for sprinkling on top

1 cup milk

1/3 cup plus 2 tsp. applesauce

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 400 degrees and prepare muffin tin.

Combine dry ingredients and the wet separately.  Then mix them together and add the chocolate chips.  Spoon into muffin tins and sprinkle the ¼ cup chocolate chips on top of that.  Bake for 20 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.

Blueberry Bran Muffins

Blueberry Bran Muffins
Adapted from recipe by Kathy Wood and Susie Clark with additions by Melissa Miner and myself...

1 cup whole-wheat flour
1/2 cup wheat bran
1 cup oat bran
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
a pinch of salt
I added two Tbsp. flax seed (optional)

1 and 1/2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen
1 egg
1/4 cup oil (canola or olive)
1 cup plain yogurt (I used vanilla yogurt)
3/4 cup sugar (I used brown sugar)
2 Tbsp. orange marmalade or raspberry jam

I didn't have any wheat bran so I substituted 1/2 cup white flour.... didn't want it too healthy :)

My friend also recommended adding 1/4 cup coconut, but my husband was already upset about my making a "healthy" recipe and he hates coconut so I didn't add it but I think it would have been good!

Mix the wet and the dry ingredients separately and then mix together. Add the blueberries last until just mixed. Bake for 20-25 minutes at 400 degrees.