Sour cream apple whole wheat muffins

Mix wet ingredients in large bowl
2 cups chopped apples, keep skin on
1 3/4 cup sour cream (5% low fat)
1/4 cup apple sauce (This was all I had, but you could use more)
3/4 cup skim milk
1/2 cup canola oil
2 eggs

Mix dry ingredients in a medium bowl
3 cups whole wheat flour
2 cups rolled oats
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup raisins
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp allspice

Pour dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Stir until combined.

24 muffins. 350 for about 20-25 minutes.

I had some sour cream I wanted to use up. So I went looking for a recipe for muffins. I found a couple, and naturally made major changes to them. Above is what I ended up with. Makes 24.

Do you even notice when you go looking for a recipe on the internet, you find one that looks interesting, then you look for the recipe, and all you see is a whole bunch of text then pictures, then more text, then more pictures, and then finally the stupid recipe? What a pain. So from now on when I post a recipe, I'll post the recipe first, and the blah blah blah after.

Granola bars, part deux

Put in large bowl and microwave to soften and combine:
3/4 cup honey (use 1/2 cup honey or maybe brown sugar?)
3/4 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup apple sauce (use 1 cup to hold together better)

Incorporate dry ingredients into wet ingredients:
3 cups old fashioned rolled oats
3 cups rice krispies
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup slivered almonds
3/4 cup raisins
1/2 cup chocolate chips

Press into 9 X 13 inch greased pan.

Put in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.

They were good but too sweet. Next time I'll reduce honey to 1/2 cup and increase applesauce to 1 cup. They also were too crumbly so the additional applesauce should hold them together better.

Granola bars for Jesus - the recipe

To see how this recipe came about, see here.

4 1/2 cups quick oats
1/2 cup melted, or liquid honey
1/2 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup natural peanut butter (could use regular)
1/2 cup olive oil
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 cup applesauce (mine was made from 1 spartan apple and one royal gala apple and a 1/4 cup water)
1 cup raisins (or nuts if you're Jennifer or Johanna and don't like raisins)

Mix everything together. You many have to use your hands to mix it as it will be very thick.

Grease a cookie sheet. I used a 12 X 16 pan (I'm guessing since I didn't measure it). A smaller cookie sheet would have been better, since the mixture wasn't enough for the whole pan. Just grease the portion of the pan that you use.

Press granola mixture firmly and evenly into pan.

Bake for about 25 minutes at 325, or until the edges start to brown.

Cool. Cut into squares. I made 16 large squares. Cut them smaller if you like.

Store in freezer. Or give them to the homeless.

Applesauce oatmeal raisins muffins

I had to use up some applesauce so I came up with this recipe.

These muffins are very moist. The raisins could be replaced with 1/2 cup of chocolate chips or nuts, since some people don't like raisins. Hard to believe but true.

2 cups of quick oats
2 cups unsweetened apple sauce
2 eggs
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup packed brown sugar (next time I'd use 2/3 cup)

1 cup all purpose flour or whole wheat if you have it.
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon (next time I'd use 2 tsp)
1 cup raisins

Mix first five ingredients in a large bowl.

Mix remainder of ingredients into a small bowl.

Add dry ingredients to wet and incorporate.

12 muffins at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick tests clean.