Red Sunset Muffins
- 23 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 23 cup unbleached white flour
- 23 cup wheat germ
- 12 teaspoon baking soda
- 12 teaspoon baking powder
- 12 teaspoon salt
- 2 large blood oranges (any type of orange citrus fruit may be used, though the blood oranges make for nice visual contrast)
- 23 cup sweet potato puree
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 13 cup canola oil (or substitute applesauce to further reduce the fat)
- 2 tablespoons raw sugar (optional, can substitute cinnamon sugar or anything else you desire. Equally delicious left off enti)
- Preheat oven to 350F Lightly spray or oil standard 12-muffin tin, or line with paper liners.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flours, wheat germ, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Grate zest from oranges; set aside.
- Peel pith from oranges, then separate into sections.
- Cut 2/3 of the sections across the segment into half-inch pieces; set aside.
- Add remaining orange sections to a food processor, along with sweet potato puree, brown sugar, egg, oil (apple sauce) and zest.
- Process until smooth.
- Stir wet mixture into dry mixture.
- Fold in chopped orange sections.
- Divide batter evenly between prepared muffin cups.
- Sprinkle each muffin with 1/2 teaspoon of the coarse sugar (or desired sugar topping) and bake for about 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the centre of a muffin come out clean.
whole wheat pastry flour, unbleached white flour, germ, baking soda, baking powder, salt, oranges, puree, brown sugar, egg, canola oil, sugar
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/red-sunset-muffins-163366 (may not work)