How to Bake Diabetic Blueberry Muffins

These muffins are to die for! I make them once a week and they don't sit around at all. They do take a few moments longer than a normal recipe to go through the steps, but it is worth it.
They are not going to come out quite as browned as a normal muffin looks because of the health conscience ingredients, but they still look great.

Yield: 1 dozen muffins

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 2 c all pupose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 c softened light margarine
• 1 c Splenda sugar substitute
• 1/4 c honey
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 c 1% milk
• 1 c thawed frozen blueberries

1. Preheat oven to 400 'F

2. Line muffin pan with 12 paper liners. Lightly mist with cooking spray.

3. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt- set aside.

4. Beat margarine at medium speed until creamy. Gradually add in Splenda & honey- beat until it has a fluffy texture. Add in eggs one at a time, beating until well blended. Stir in vanilla. Alternatively add flour mixture and milk, starting and ending with the flour mixture. Beat at low speed until blended after each addition. Fold in berries.

5. Bake 20-22 minutes. Remove muffins from pan immediately- cool on wire racks.

Tips & Warnings

• These don't stay super fresh longer than 24 hrs- don't make up more than you can eat for a specific day unless you plan to freeze them.
• This is a reduced sugar recipe

[BellyBuster]

on 5/27/2008 I make blueberry muffins and use cinnamon stevia as the sweetener. At my diet clinics we use Wisdom brand liquid because it has a 0 glycemnic index unlike other sweeteners and honey. I replace the milk with soymilk to save on carbs and fat content and I use applesauce to keep them moist (no oil). Since I am allergic to wheat, I use a packet of high-protein oatmeal and a packet of our vanilla creme pudding mix from the diet clinic to replace the flour and that saves on carbs too. One tip--make them in the tiny tins adn you will feel like you are getting more bahg for your buck!

[Chaddy]

on 12/10/2007 One thing, however, you may wish to add that this is also "reduced sugar" because as my Mother always reminds me, honey is exactly the same thing!

[Chaddy]

on 11/26/2007 Being a diabetic, myself with a Mother who is diabetic and has a real sweet tooth this was extremely helpful!