Heart Healthy Molasses Muffins

They are finally here! These muffins are just sweet enough but pack enough fiber to qualify as heart healthy. I used blackstrap molasses, a seriously nutrient dense food, as my sweetener along with a little the white sugar the original recipe called for. I also substituted part of the white flour with oats and the result is a substantial, even hearty, muffin that can keep those hunger cravings at bay for sure until your mid-morning snack! You could also add dried fruit or even top with brown sugar for more of a coffee cake-like muffin. They're best hot out of the oven with a little pat of butter.

Blackstrap Molasses Muffins

• 3T melted butter or other flavorless oil (honestly, this amount of butter is so small and makes such a nice addition to the muffins that substituting oil for less saturated fat really isn't going to make much of a difference health wise!)
• 1 1/2 C all purpose flour
• 1/2 C oats
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 C white sugar
• 1/4 C blackstrap molasses (BLACKSTRAP is important! Check out the Foodista link below on more about the nutritional benefits of molasses)
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Preheat oven to 400F. Line muffin tins or butter generously. 

Mix together dry ingredients (Flour through baking powder). Beat together eggs, sugar, molasses, melted butter and sugar.  Create a hole in the middle of the dry ingredients and slowly pour the wet ingredients in. Mix until all dry ingredients are moistened. DO NOT over mix!

Fill each muffin hole 3/4 full with batter. Bake at 400 for 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a muffin comes out clean.

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