Recipe - Green Monster Muffins

Hi Everyone! I know I haven't been posting more vitamins lately and we are going to get back to it soon with my vitamin E blog but in the meantime here is a wonderful recipe for Green Monster Muffins. These muffins are an excellent way to get more greens into your (or your children's) diet in a delicious form. Enjoy! Green Monster Muffins Makes 12 muffins or 24 mini muffins Dry Ingredients: • 1 ½ cups oat flour • 1 tsp baking powder • 1/2 tsp cinnamon • 1/4 tsp salt • 1/4 tsp baking soda Wet Ingredients: • 1 egg or egg replacer (equivalent to 1 egg) • 1/2 cup sugar • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce • 1 cup PACKED, triple washed baby spinach, chopped by food processor into small bits • 3 tbsp sunflower oil • 1 tsp vanilla extract • 1 tsp lemon zest Optional ingredient: 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, plus extra for topping Directions: 1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F and prepare a 12 (or mini) cup muffin tin with non-stick spray or use liners. 2. Add dry ingredients into a medium bowl and whisk together. 3. Whisk to beat egg (or replacer) and sugar together until light. 4. Whisk in the rest of the wet ingredients. 5. Pour dry ingredient mixture into the wet ingredient mixture, add 1/4 cup walnuts if desired, and stir gently just to combine – do not over-mix. 6. Pour muffin batter into muffin tin cups – about 3/4 full each. If using walnuts, sprinkle walnuts on top of each muffin. 7. Bake for 14-17 (9-10 minutes for mini) minutes until centers set or a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. 8. Cool at least 10-15 minutes before serving.