This is a great recipe for those of you who like spice muffins, but want a fat-free option.  If you aren’t concerned about the fat content, you can use vegetable oil in place of the applesauce.  If you want to mix/match the applesauce and oil, you can.  For example, you could use 5 tablespoons of oil and 5 of applesauce.  You can also use Splenda for baking in place of the sugar if you want to drop the calorie (and Weight Watchers points) count.  Whatever you do, these are a healthier choice than buying a muffin from your local bakery!

These taste great and keep you on-track for a healthy 2008!

Spice Muffins

  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 tablespoon vinegar (white distilled)
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 10 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit.

Combine all dry ingredients together.  

Fold the vanilla, applesauce, vinegar, and into the dry ingredients.

Pour batter into muffin tins.  You can use paper muffin tin liners or if you have the silicone baking pans, you can skip that step.  Whichever you choose, spray with cooking spray to reduce sticking.  

Bake at 350 for 20-24 minutes (depending on your oven).  Yields a dozen or a few more, depending on how big you want your muffins to be.

These are best served warm.  I use butter spray on mine.

Cheers!