Any Cereal Muffins

Ingredients:
2 cups of any low sugar, high fiber cereal, such as Kashi Go Lean
1 cup water
1 cup oat bran flour
1 ½ cups whole wheat pastry flour
½ cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup Splenda or Alterna (Sucralose)
4 tsp baking soda
½ cup canola oil
½ cup egg substitute
2 cups low fat buttermilk
1 ripe banana, mashed

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Boil 1 cup of water. Remove water from heat, add cereal, and allow to rest while mixing remaining ingredients.
3. In a large mixing bowl, combine whole wheat pastry flour, oat bran flour, baking soda, brown sugar, and Splenda.
4. In a medium-sized bowl, mash the banana well. Combine egg substitute, canola oil, and buttermilk with the banana.
5. After the cereal has cooled, add to the moist ingredients.
6. Combine moist ingredients with dry ingredients.
7. Pour 1/3 cup of batter into muffin tins. Bake for about 22 minutes.

Yield: 2 dozen muffins

Nutrition information per muffin (based on Kashi Go Lean Cereal): 119 calories, 4 g protein, 18 g carbohydrate, 5 g total fat with 0.5 g saturated fat, 0.8 mg cholesterol, 2.5 g dietary fiber, 250 mg sodium

Exchanges per serving: 1 starch, 1 fat

Source: Recipe by Marianne Wetherill, RD/LD  St. John Medical Center