Recipe: Citrusy whole grain muffins

Yields 12 muffins

Serves 12 servings

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Recipe: Citrusy whole grain muffins

20 minPrep Time

29 minCook Time

49 minTotal Time

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Ingredients

• 1 cup rolled oats (regular or quick)
• 1 cup cooked millet, cooled
• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
• 1½ cups whole-wheat flour (use white whole-wheat flour if available)
• 1 quarter cup sugar or xylitol
• 1½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons fresh or dried orange or lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 2 eggs
• 3 tablespoons olive or canola oil
• 1½ teaspoons orange extract
• ¼ cup orange juice, Meyer lemon juice, grapefruit juice or water

Instructions

1. Toss the oats, millet, and walnuts and spread evenly on a cookie sheet. Toast in a 400°F oven until slightly golden (about 12 minutes), stirring once or twice. Let cool.
2. Set aside a quarter cup of the oats, millet, and walnut mixture. put the rest in a mixing bowl with the other dry ingredients. Mix together.
3. Mix the wet ingredients together in a separate bowl.
4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until all the dry ingredients are wet. Batter should be somewhat lumpy.
5. Spoon batter into lined or greased muffin tin with 12 2 ½-inch cups. Fill each cup about three-quarters full.
6. Sprinkle the tops with the oat, millet, and walnut mixture that you set aside earlier.
7. Bake at 400°F for 17 minutes, or until the tops are firm and golden brown.
8. Cool on racks before eating.