{"id":789,"date":"2015-02-08T13:08:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T13:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?p=789"},"modified":"2016-12-23T04:39:30","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T04:39:30","slug":"whole-wheat-applesauce-muffins-no-sugar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?p=789","title":{"rendered":"Whole Wheat Applesauce Muffins (no sugar)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My kids have been on a muffin craze lately. \u00a0I am always so disappointed at these delicious looking muffins that have high levels of sugar in them. \u00a0I am not a fan of lots of sugar, so we seek out alternative sweeteners. \u00a0If you are used to very, very sweet things, you may find these disappointing I will admit. \u00a0To compensate you may wish to add additional fruits (maybe blueberries or peaches), maybe some chocolate chips or a splash of maple syrup (or add sugar). \u00a0 My kids are not\u00a0used to the taste of\u00a0sugar so they found these muffins to be delicious. \u00a0I think next time we make them, we will add additional fruits anyway just to change things up. \u00a0Muffins are so easy to adapt to your tastes, but I will warn you that these are not sweet muffins ahead of time. Many people people expect muffins to be sugary sweet because that is what they are used to buying in the store.<\/p>\n<p>Freshly ground whole wheat will hold the most nutrients as most storebought whole wheat flour has been sitting for quite some time on the store shelves. \u00a0 The longer freshly ground flour sits, the more nutrients are lost (as with anything fresh).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1-1\/2c oatmeal<\/li>\n<li>1-1\/4c whole wheat flour<\/li>\n<li>3\/4tsp cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1tsp baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1c unsweetened applesauce<\/li>\n<li>1\/2c milk<\/li>\n<li>1 egg white<\/li>\n<li>1tb vegetable oil or coconut oil (warmed,\u00a0so its liquid)<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 c raisins<\/li>\n<li>1\/2c chopped nuts, optional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Mix all ingredients together and pour into lined or greased muffin pans and bake at 350F about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My kids have been on a muffin craze lately. I am always so disappointed at these delicious looking muffins that have high levels of sugar in them. I am not a fan of lots of sugar, so we seek out alternative sweeteners. If you are used to very, very sweet things, you may find these [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=789"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":793,"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions\/793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}