Apple -and-Oat Bran muffins

Again another recipe from the 1001 muffin book

Preheat oven  to 375 F.degrees

Lightly grease or

 line with paper baking cups twelve 2 3/4-inch muffin tin

lets start with the dry ingredients

in large bowl blend:

1 1/4 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup oat bran

2 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

3/4 cup finely chopped apples( I peeled them as well)

1/4 teaspoon salt

mix together

now lets mix the wet ingredients

in a medium bowl 

beat 2 large egg whites until foamy

beat in 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk( if you don't have buttermilk squirt some lemon juice in regular milk)

1/3 cup packed light brown sugar

2 Tablespoon canola oil

mix

pour wet ingredients into the dry and mix until just moistened

Spoon batter into prepared muffin tin, filling each cup about 3/4 full.

Bake for 15-20 minutes or until cake tester inserted in middle comes out clean

cool for 5 7 minutes on wire rack

or just devour

serve them with margarine or butter

or 

serve them with blender Apricot sauce as recipe suggests

Blender apricot sauce

one 16-oz can apricot halves in light syrup, drained

1/3 cup orange juice

2 teaspoon lemon juice

In container of blender or food processor combine apricots, orange juice and lemon juice. Process on high speed until mixture is smooth. Transfer to small bowl and refrigerate for 1 hour before serving