*Healthy* Oatmeal Muffins - You Can Thank Me Later.

Now I'm not going to sit here and lie to you, these aren't exactly 100% healthy muffins, but they are probably the healthiest muffins you'll ever eat. 

I saw this recipe on Pinterest, and instantly wanted to give them a go because they looked amazing. I had my apprehensions, because they're gluten and sugar free - and to be honest, anything I've had before that's both gluten and sugar free tasted similar to cardboard. These on the other hand actually taste really nice, but I guess you'll just need to try them yourself. 

The Recipe: (6 servings)

You will need: 
1/2 cup of milk.
1 cup of quick oats (You'll need to split these in half later as mentioned in method below).
1 medium egg.
2 tablespoons of unsweetened apple sauce, or juice an apple if you'd prefer.
2 tablespoons for splenda sweetener.
1 tablespoon of baking powder.
1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon.
1 pinch of salt.
1/4 teaspoon of vanilla essence or extract.
1/2 cup of blueberries and a banana. ( or any other fruit or nuts etc. that you may want to add into your muffins).
1/4 cup of margarine for greasing the tin - unless you use muffin/cupcake cases like i did.

Method: 
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius.

Grease the muffin tin with margarine or place the muffin/cupcake cases in a muffin tin.

In a small bowl combine the milk and half the oats (unground oats). Let them soak for around 10 to 15 minutes.

Grind the other half of the oats in a food processor, until the consistency is similar to coarse flour. Grind as finely as desired.

In another bowl beat together the egg and apple sauce, vanilla and cinnamon. Stir into the oatmeal mix from the first bowl (milk and oat mixture). Add ground oats mixture, splenda, baking powder and salt. Stir until all the ingredients are well combined.

Gently mix in your blueberries and bananas (or whichever fruit or tasty filling you've chosen) into the wet mixture.

Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin tin until the cups are around 2/3 full.

Bake in pre-heated oven for approximately 15-17 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of them comes out clean.

TIP: You'll want to eat these warm, and they're great at breakfast time or before a trip to the gym.

Original recipe posted by keepsmilyn on Big Oven.