Cinnamuffins

If you like molasses, these muffins are just right for you.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/2 cup dark molasses
• 1 cup applesauce
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp salt

Directions

Mix the three wet ingredients.  Sift together the dry ingredients, making sure there are no soda clumps.

Preheat the oven to 375ºF and grease a 12-cup muffin tin.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until blended.  Fill into the muffin tin and bake for 18-20 minutes, or until an inserted wooden toothpick comes out clean.

These are rather soft muffins, so have a care when you take them out of the tin or they will look somewhat squished.  But truth be told, they taste great one way or another.

Variations:  Add half a cup of raisins into the dry ingredients before mixing it all together, or substitute a can of drained mandarin oranges for the applesauce.

This is a slightly modified version of the Cinnamuffin recipe from The New Laurel’s Kitchen by Laurel Robertson, Carol Flinders and Brian Ruppenthal, published in 1986.