- Serves:
- 12 muffins
- Preparation time:
- 15 minutes
- Cooking time:
- 20 minutes
- Source:
Cook Smart for a Healthy Heart, Reader's Digest Canada
Breakfast Muffins

Muffins are perfect for breakfast, providing the energy boost the body needs to start the day. This particular recipe is packed full of good ingredients that add fibre, vitamins and minerals to your first meal of the day.
Ingredients
2⁄3 cup whole-wheat all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups white all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup soft dark brown sugar
1⁄3 cup wheat germ
1 1/2 cups raisins
220 g plain low-fat yogourt
5 tablespoons canola oil
1 egg
grated rind of 1/2 orange
4 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 200ºC. Grease a 12-cup muffin pan (each cup should measure about 6 cm across the top and be about 3 cm deep).
- Sift the flours, baking soda and cinnamon into a bowl. Stir in the sugar, wheat germ and raisins, and make a well in the centre.
- Lightly whisk together the yogourt, oil, egg and orange rind and juice. Pour into the well in the dry ingredients and stir together, mixing only enough to moisten the dry ingredients. Do not beat or overmix.
- Divide the mixture among the muffin cups, filling them about two-thirds full. Bake for 15–20 minutes or until the muffins are well risen, peaked in the centre and springy to the touch.
- Leave them to cool in the pan for 2–3 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack. The muffins are best eaten still slightly warm, but they can be cooled completely and then kept in an airtight container for up to 2 days. Or, you can freeze them for up to 3 months.
Nutrition Facts
Per muffin: 226 calories, 5 g protein, 7 g total fat, 1 g saturated fat, 19 mg cholesterol, 35 g total carbohydrate, 19 g sugars, 3 g fibre, 145 mg sodium.
Did You Know? Wheat germ is the embryo of the wheat grain and contains a high concentration of nutrients.
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