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Coconut-Molasses Muffins

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Ingredients And Procedures

2 c AM Whole Wheat Flour

2 ts Non-alum baking powder

1/2 ts Sea salt (optional)

1/2 ts Ginger

1 c Flaked unsweetened coconut

1/4 c AM Unrefined Vegetable Oil

1 Egg or egg replacer

2/3 c Buttermilk

1/2 c Unsulphured molasses

-OR- honey 1 ts Pure vanilla

In mixing bowl stir together flour, baking powder, salt, ginger and coconut. Mix liquid ingredients and add to the dry mixture until moistened. Fill well-greased muffin tins 2/3 full. Bake at 350 F. for 20-25 minutes.

(Yield: 24 small or 12 large muffins) Source: Arrowhead Mills "Whole Grain Muffins" tri-fold Reprinted by permission of Arrowhead Mills, Inc. Electronic format courtesy of: Karen Mintzias

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