Healthy Fruitcake Muffins With Honey Apricot Glaze

• FOR THE MUFFINS:
• 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
• 3/4 cups All-purpose Flour
• 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1/4 cups Unsalted Butter
• 1/2 cups Unsweetened Applesauce
• 1/3 cups Sugar
• 1/4 cups Apricot Preserves
• 1/3 cups Honey
• 2 whole Eggs
• 1 cup Low Fat Cottage Cheese
• 2/3 cups Dried Apricots, Coarsely Chopped
• 2/3 cups Dried Cranberries
• 1/2 cups Diced Apple
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• FOR THE GLAZE:
• 1/2 cups Honey
• 2 Tablespoons Apricot Preserves
• 3 Tablespoons Lemon Or Orange Juice

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees (F).
2. In a medium bowl, combine flours, baking powder and salt. In a larger bowl, beat butter, applesauce and sugar, then add preserves and honey. Beat in eggs. Add 1/2 of the flour mixture and beat to mix. Next add cottage cheese and remainder of flour mixture and continue to beat. Stir in chopped fruit and apples.
3. Line a muffin tin with paper cups (the prettier the better). Evenly divide mixture into muffin cups. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean. Remove from oven and let stand while making glaze.
4. For glaze, bring honey and preserves to a boil in a small saucepan. Allow to cook for about 2 minutes. Stir in lemon or orange juice and remove from heat.
5. Lightly brush each muffin with glaze. Garnish muffins with fruit (optional) and re-glaze. Allow to cool completely before storing in airtight container.
6. Nutrition Info per 1 muffin: 210 calories, 5 g fat, 6 g protein, 34 g carbohydrates, 2.5 g fiber

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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/holidays/healthy-fruitcake-muffins-with-honey-apricot-glaze/ (may not work)