Applesauce and Oatmeal Mini-Muffins

I am kinda in an overdrive spring-cleaning mode. Not only do I want my house to be sparkly and organized, but I want to clean out my pantry as well.  I have been trying to come up with meals that use a lot of the pantry staples we have, like oatmeal and applesauce, so that I can re-stock with  fresh items. I came up with these mini-muffins after browsing the web and combining a few recipes that I liked. They are really quick (only took half of a nap-time) and my son gobbles them up. Best of all they are pretty low in calories and almost fat-free. You could add protein powder or flax seeds to beef them up, but I like them just the way they are.

Applesauce and Oatmeal Mini-Muffins

Servings: 40 mini-muffins

PointPlus Value: 1 point per muffin

35 calories, .2 g fat, 7g carb

Ingredients

1 cup skim milk   

1 cup uncooked quick oats (not instant) 

1 tsp vanilla extract   

2 tsp ground cinnamon   

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

1 egg   

1/2 cup packed brown sugar     

1 tsp baking powder   

1/2 tsp baking soda   

1 cup whole wheat flour

 Topping

 2 Tbsp sugar    

Directions

-Mix together milk, oats, vanilla and 1 tsp cinnamon. Let sit 20 minutes.
-In a separate bowl mix together flour, brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
-After 20 minutes, add egg and applesauce to the soaked oats. Stir until just combined.
-Pre-heat oven 400.

-Fill a sprayed mini-muffin tin with batter so that you have 40 muffins.
-Sprinkle lightly with sugar (I use pearl sugar, but regular sugar will work too).
-Bake 8 minutes.
-Remove from oven, cool 1 minute and then transfer to cooling rack.

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