
Low Sugar, Low Fat and Eggless to boot! All the keywords in place! “Then what the heck is there in this muffin?” you ask – well, wealth of nutrition, health benefits in a filling hearty goodie bite. How? Using all the ingredients loved by your body more so than your tongue – actually in this case, your tongue too.

This is a great breakfast/snack to have – if you dieting, have diabetes, egg allergies / egg dislike or simply when you need to try something nutritional for a differance
Have you ever tried Demerara Sugar? It is available in the health stores and is nutritionally superior and fewer in calories. I use that often enough and is little milder tasting than regular refined sugar. I use that in this recipe, if not available use brown sugar instead. The qty is less enough not to affect your “low sugar” needs. Instead of using all-purpose flour for the whole muffin, I have substituted whole wheat. The sweetness for the muffins comes from the sugar,banana and applesauce
Method
1. Add the sifted flours together along with salt,baking powder and spices along with the sugar.

2.In a seperate bowl, mix the shortening, applesauce, milk and the zest.

3. Gently fold the dry ingredients with the wet and then stir in the pureed banana. Stir softly until well incorporated.

4.In a lines muffin pan,spoon this mixture until 3/4th full and top it off with the oat-nut mixture.

5.Bake for 15-20min in a preheated 400F oven. The muffins are done when a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Cool them in a rack for 5-10min before serving. Serve warm. They are good on their own, but can be served with accompaniments too.
1. This is my entry to Low Sugar Treats hosted at Daily Tiffin
2.Another entry for dear Madhu for her Egg replacement Event – Pureed Fruit
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I tried this recipe, because it looks delicious… but it comes out with the center uncooked, even if I leave it an extra 10 min in the oven.
I used margarine, because vegetable shortening doesn’t exist here (Chile) and for all the rest I followed the recipe. My oven is in Celsius degrees, and I baked at 220.
I used a toothpick to test them, and it LIED to me!!!
I will not give up on this, your website has me on a baking frenzy and I will succeed!!!
I’ll admit that even if they turned out wrong, they were still good
Dear DK,Thankyou soo much for your reply.I am from Kolkata City in India.I have tried Eggless Vanilla cake 2-3 times in my Microwave but have never succeeded in it,I had taken the recipe from some Food site.The cake turns out too hard as they have asked to bake it for 40-45 mins.The problem is all the sites don’t mention the exact temperature in terms of Microwave cooking,there lies the confusion.Anyways,am planning to try out your recipe soon for Eggless Vanilla cake.Shall revert back to you if I succeed.
There will be an article about how to cook in M/W Oven soon. Hope that helps answering your query
–DK
Where can I get Demerara Sugar & Vegetable shortening ? Pls let me know what Vegetable shortening is exactly as I have never purchased it till now ?
Shortening is hydrogenated vegetable oil. In India, you would know it by the name Dalda. outside like here in the US its referred to as Shortening. I dunno where you are from but you get demerara in the US in local health stores. You can substitute it with regular sugar in case of unavailability –DK
That looks so tasty DK
I love the accompaniment you have mentioned in the end:) Sounds a nice combination
Love the oat nut topping!
Healthier Muffins..I searched for Demerera sugar..Have to search more for this..SO cute with the toppings
Cute muffins. I have not used demerara sugar. Will try it one of these days. You can send this to my event DK.
Yumm these muffins look so beautiful.
Wow yummylicious muffins.
Delicious and healthy muffins.
Delicious Muffins…lovely n healthy..
These look yummy, I love orange zest in anything!
Yummy muffins DK..perfect to have while on a diet!!
Lovely and healthy.Love the muffins and again Lovely Trophy.THANKS & THANKS ….