Have you ever tasted the Aussie Bites at Sam’s club? I LOVE them, but they are way too fattening for me to want to
bake them, so I took their recipe, changed a few things, and voila: a new, healthy, breakfast-friendly muffin that my children LOVE:
Breakfast Bites
2 cups oats
2 cups whole wheat flour
2/3 cup brown sugar (or sucanat)
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1 cup dried fruit (craisins, raisins, dates, etc) OR 3/4 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips (my kids hated the fruit version)
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup canola oil
3/4 cups ground flaxseed (optional)
3/4 cup applesauce
1tsp baking soda
2 tablespoons hot water
Mix dry ingredients. Mix baking soda with hot water, then add to honey and oil; pour into dry ingredients and mix well. If necessary, add extra water until dough reaches the right consistency (should not be dry and crumbly)
Place tablespoons of batter into mini-muffin pans (NOT full-sized muffin tins or they fall
apart!) and flatten tops with the back of the spoon. Bake at 350 degrees for ten minutes or until golden.
Mix dry ingredients. Mix baking soda with hot water, then add to honey and oil; pour into dry ingredients and mix well. If necessary, add extra water until dough reaches the right consistency (should not be dry and crumbly)
apart!) and flatten tops with the back of the spoon. Bake at 350 degrees for ten minutes or until golden