Lemon
Flaxseed Muffins, I made this recipe today and everything went without a hitch. First thing's first, here is my recipe:
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| Naomi's Lemon Flaxseed Muffins |
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup Apriva (zero calorie sweetener) Fred Meyer Brand
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons flaxseed
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
First,
let butter warm to room temperature. I find it is best to leave it out the night
before. Combine Apriva, Brown Sugar, and Butter mixing until completely
combined.
Add one
egg at a time, continue mixing.
Combine
all the other ingredients following normal baking standards (meaning one at a
time, do not lump it all in there at once.)
It will
form a very thick, sweet lemon smelling batter.
Scoop
into muffin tins, or into a silicone mold. I prefer silicone molds because when
the cake cools it is much easier to remove. Bake at 350 for about thirty
minutes.
ABOUT
THIS RECIPE
I love
baked goods, at the same time, must watch my calorie intake. By using Apriva,
instead of white granulated sugar, I reduced the calories by 194. The white all-purpose
flour has about 912 calories for two cups. The quarter cup butter has 407
calories. The brown sugar has 212 calories.
For the
major stuff, we are talking about 1531 calories. This is for the entire batch
of muffins and the little cake. The
batch makes about 16 muffins, which yields 95.68 calories per muffin.
Take
into consideration that I did not add the calories from the baking powder,
eggs, lemon juice or flaxseed. To play it safe, lets round it up to 100
calories per muffin.
I could
have used ½ cup apriva and cut out the brown sugar entirely. I did not want to
do that because I had a lot of brown sugar in the pantry that I need to use.
I
decided to add a couple tablespoons of flaxseed to the batch because they are
incredibly healthy, and loaded with Omega 3 fatty acids. I try to take in a
good amount of fatty acids because they are great for the skin, and help
reverse some sun damage.
The
muffins were delicious. I recommend making this recipe sometime.
