Nearly Guilt-Free French Toast Muffins
- 6 slices bacon
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 18 teaspoon salt
- 12 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 18 teaspoon allspice
- 18 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 cup almond milk
- 14 cup applesauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 14 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg, full
- 2 eggs, separated
- 34 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
- Start cooking the bacon strips in a frying pan or griddle until crispy.
- Continue to step 3.
- Combine dry ingredients and spices in a bowl.
- Separate the whites & yolks of 2 eggs.
- Keep the whites in a small bowl.
- Keep the yolks for next step.
- In a third medium-sized bowl, whisk together: almond milk, apple sauce, honey and 1 full egg, 2 egg yolks.
- Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients.
- Use a mixer to beat egg whites until peaks form.
- Then fold them into the batter.
- Chop the bacon into bite-size bits.
- About a quarter-inch to half-inch squares or so.
- Set aside the equivalent of one bacon strip, stir the rest into the batter.
- Pour 1/4 cup of batter onto a greased griddle.
- Sprinkle some of the left-over bacon bits evenly over top of each muffin in the tin.
- Cook 12 to 17 minutes until golden brown.
- NOTE: test each muffin with a toothpick to make sure they are done.
- The toothpick should come out clean no batter should stick to the toothpick.
- GLAZE: In a small saucepan simmer maple syrup and lemon juice, stirring occasionally, until reduced to a thick (thicker than maple syrup) syrup.
- This will take about 15 minutes over a low flame.
- Remove from heat and wait for the muffins to finish baking.
- When muffins are out of the oven and cool enough to handle, poke a few holes in the muffin top with a toothpick.
- Dip each muffin top in the maple glaze.
- After dipping all twelve muffins, start with the first muffin you dipped and dip each muffin again.
bacon, flour, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, almond milk, applesauce, honey, vanilla, egg, eggs, maple syrup, lemon juice
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/nearly-guilt-free-french-toast-muffins-493961 (may not work)