I had a craving for my moms Date Bran Muffins, pregnancy has played some mean tricks on me. Ive been craving some really bad stuff (poutine for one- if you arent Canadian that is french fries topped with fresh cheese curds smothered in super hot gravy) so Ive been trying to find lower fat versions of my cravings. Im still dying for some Brie cheese, but thats just a no no in pregnancy. Itll have to wait till this baby is born.

Anyhow onto the awesome recipe!!

• 1 1/2 cups wheat bran
• 1 cup skim milk+ 1tbs of lemon juice
• 1/3 cup apple sauce
• 1 egg (or two egg whites)
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped dates or raisins

Preheat oven to 375F

Mix up your skim milk and lemon juice and then add the bran. Let this sit for about ten minutes to get the bran softened. Beat together apple sauce,eggs, sugar and vanilla into your skim milk/lemon juice/bran mixture. Sift together your dry ingredients  and then stir your dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just blended and fold in your raisens or dates.

Bake in prepared muffin tin for about 15 minutes. This will make about a dozen.  Check their doneness with a toothpick before pulling out of the oven.

Posted by Shelley in Low Fat Recipes on July 6th, 2007 | No Comments