Vegan Berry Muffin Recipe

We went to a play group last week and the mom who hosted made these yummy muffins for a snack for the babies (she made up the recipe).  I thought I would share the recipe for those of you looking for a healthy toddler snack.  We made them today and they got the James Seal of Approval.  Here we are baking-James either empties out every cupboard in the kitchen while I cook, or he hangs out in his wrap.

Checking out the finished product.Yummy!

Here is the recipe:

Vegan Berry Muffins

Preheat oven to 350

Wet Ingredients

1/3 cup ground flaxseeds

1/4 cup canola oil

1/3 cup agave nectar syrup

1 cup applesauce (I used blackberry with no added sugar)

2 tsp vanilla

Dry Ingredients

2 cups flour (you can use white or half and half with whole wheat)

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 TB baking powder

you might need 1/4 cup or less water as needed

1.5-2 cups berries (I used 1 cup frozen blueberries, and 1/2 cup dried cranberries)

Beat the flax, oil and agave with an electric mixture about 1 minute.  Add applesauce and vanilla and mix.

Stir dry ingredients together and add to wet ingredients and mix well.  If batter is crumbly, add water until smooth-it will be very sticky and thick though.  Fold in berries.  Fill muffin tins 3/4 way full and bake for 22-25 minutes.  I used cupcake paper liners and they stuck pretty bad, so next time I will just grease the muffin tin.

Well James enjoyed these and it was a nice change from the snack rut we have been in, so I thought I would pass it along incase anyone is interested in trying them out!