Pineapple Upside-Down Muffins recipe - Healthy Diet Recipes

Notes:
They glisten like sticky buns, but they’re whole-grain muffins packedwith pineapple, raisins, and carrots. Here’s what you’ll need:

Servings: 12

Ingredients:
Topping
2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
1 10-ounce can pineapple slices

Muffins
3/4 cup whole-wheat flour
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 large eggs
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup canola oil
2 tablespoons pineapple juice or orange juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 8-ounce can crushed pineapple (not drained)
1 cup grated carrot (1 large)
1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
3/4 cup raisins, preferably baking raisins
1/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Coat 12 muffin cups with cooking spray.
2. To prepare topping: Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar into eachmuffin cup. Sprinkle nuts, if using, over the sugar. Stack pineappleslices and cut into 6 wedges. Place 2 wedges in each muffin cup.
3. To prepare muffins: Whisk whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour,baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a large bowl.
4. Whisk eggs and brown sugar in a medium bowl until smooth. Whisk inoil, juice, and vanilla. Stir in crushed pineapple. Make a well in thedry ingredients; add the wet ingredients and stir with a rubber spatulauntil just combined. Stir in carrot, oats, raisins, and nuts, if using.Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin cups (they'll be quite full).
5. Bake the muffins until the tops are golden brown and firm to thetouch, 15 to 25 minutes. Immediately loosen edges and turn muffins outonto a baking sheet. Restore any stray pineapple pieces and nuts. Letcool for at least 10 minutes. Serve upside down, either warm or at roomtemperature. Makes 1 dozen muffins.

Nutrition information (per muffin): 211 calories; 6 g fat (1 g sat., 3 g mono.); 35 mg cholesterol; 36 g carbohydrate; 4 g protein; 3 g fiber; 185 mg sodium.

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Wildcat

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