Morning Glory Muffins

These are great muffins that just keep getting better with the changes I've made so I just had to share them with you. Instead of dates, I use a half cup dried cranberries and a half cup dried and chopped apricots. And instead of putting the flaxseed on top of the muffins, which tends to just fall off no matter how I try to press it down, I just include it in the batter. Today, much to my dismay when I went to make a batch, I had only a half cup of regular oats! So, hoping for the best, I added a half cup of dry steel-cut oats. I was afraid they wouldn't have enough moisture to cook thoroughly, so I used 12 ounces of fat-free yogurt instead of 1 cup. Amazing! They were denser and chewier with a wonderful, nutty flavor. This will be a permanent change for me to the recipe. And I was able to get 24 muffins out of the batch! Woo-hoo! Oh, these muffins do refrigerate well. I have one with a small glass of milk and it gets me through a five mile walk with plenty of energy left.

I have made this recipe MANY times and it is always received with grateful UMMMs of joy. There are never any left, regardless of how many recipes I make! Once I tried to put some aside "for later" and refrigerated them on purpose, they were just as good the next day. Even my fiber-hating son loves these muffins!

These came out pretty dang good. I'm glad I only used a half cup of brown sugar because I can't imagine these being any sweeter. I only had lemon yogurt on hand and that worked perfectly. I omitted the wheat bran because I had none. These will be great for breakfast, and snacks on the run.

Wow, these came out super yummy. I made them for the teachers at the school and had more then one ask me for the recipe. I made a couple of changes but you wouldn't know it, for they were awesome in my book. Didn't have Wheat bran or dried pineapple so omitted those two, and switched the dates for Cranberries. My two guys are total sweet eaters and downed these without a complaint. I did mix the flax seed in with the batter so they didn't see it!

I expected to be wowed by this muffin after reading the reviews. We thought they were okay but weren't wowed. But perhaps that was due to the many substitutions I made after reading the reviews. I used sunflower seeds and coconut for the nuts, and raisins and blueberries for the fruit.