Apple-Pecan Bran Muffins

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons canola oil or olive oil
• 1 cup buttermilk or yogurt
• 3 tablespoons molasses
• 2 tablespoons honey or barley malt syrup
• 1/3 cup wheat bran or oat bran
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour, sifted
• 1/2 cup rolled oat
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ginger
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 apple, chopped
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 400ºF and grease or line a 12-cup muffin tin.

2. 2

   In a large bowl, beat together the eggs, oil, buttermilk/yogurt, molasses, and honey.

3. 3

   Stir in the wheat bran.

4. 4

   In medium bowl, mix together the pastry flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg.

5. 5

   Stir the flour mixture into the bran mixture, being careful not to overmix.

6. 6

   Fold in the apple and pecans.

7. 7

   Spoon the batter into muffin tin and bake 20 to 25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.