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Super Hero Muffins

Michelle Day , ,

Super Hero Muffins

  • 1 Cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
  • ½ Cup Unbleached Flour
  • 1 Cup Flaxseed Meal
  • ½ Cup Oat Bran
  • 1 Cup Packed Brown Sugar
  • 2 Tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 Tsp Baking Powder
  • ½ Tsp Salt
  • 2 Tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/2 Tsp. Nutmeg
  • 1/4 Tsp. Ground Cloves
  • 2 Cups Finely Shredded Carrots
  • 2 Peeled and Shredded Apples
  • 1 – 1½ Cups Chocolate Chips
  • ¾ Cup Fat Free Milk
  • 2 eggs, Beaten
  • 1 Tsp Vanilla
  1. Preheat Oven to 350.
  2. Combine all Dry ingredients in a large bowl.
  3. Add Carrots, Apples, and Chocolate Chips to dry ingredients, toss lightly, coating the carrots, apples and chips.
  4. Combine in a small bowl, Milk, Eggs, and Vanilla, Whisk to Combine.
  5. Add Liquid ingredients to dry, and mix till just moist. DO NOT OVER MIX.
  6. Using a muffin scoop, fill your muffin tins ½ full.
  7. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

*These can be made up ahead of time and freeze really well. I like to go little heavy on the Chocolate Chips. A mix of dark and semi sweet chips is preferable for taste and because of anti-oxident properties in dark chocolate.

*Also, Yellow Raisins can be substituted for the Chocolate Chips if sugar content is an issue. If you soak the raisins over night they will not be as firm and more palatable to children.

Michelle Day

Michelle Day has been cooking and baking since she was old enough to hold a whisk. Michelle is an expert cook and her passion for cooking and entertaining has never wavered. At the age of 10 Michelle’s Family started a bakery in Simsbury CT, where Michelle got her first taste of running a food service business. In 1994 Michelle moved to New York City, where, she found her true passion in baking. In 2001 she started “The Catering Divas” Catering business. Serving the Upper East Side, she catered numerous small dinner and cocktail parties. Her passion and attention to detail won her the attention of some of New York’s Elite. Back at home in Connecticut, Michelle is a well known culinary instructor and her cake decorating skills jump-started a side business — Devine Cake Designs — where clients clamor for her inspired and beautifully artistic designs. After 15 years in the culinary industry, Michelle’s love of cooking, baking and children, has lead to her to her newest career, offering personalized family cooking classes and creating a TV show, digital broadcasts and Cook Books like no other. Kids and a Cook is all about healthy, fun, and easy meals for kids and their families. Michelle credits her parents with her success and her love of food, helping to create so many memories being in the kitchen with them as a child. Her goal is to have a show to help viewers create the same memories with their families. A show for the kids, and by the kids, with the “cook” there as guidance. Michelle’s featured co-host is an energetic, precocious 9-year-old named Elisabeth. Although a finicky eater, Elisabeth still loves to cook in the kitchen and learn about ingredients and how to mix them to make tasty dishes. Come join us — as you and Elisabeth learn easy recipes and explore culinary adventures. Michelle Day is available for lectures and cooking demonstrations. Please contact us through this website.