Almost-Vegan Cinnamon Muffins

Baked 12.2007

I used Recipezaar's recipe with several alterations (like using whole wheat flour instead of regular flour and excluding all spices except for cinnamon). Here is the recipe for the ones I made:

CINNAMON MUFFINS (makes 9 smallish muffins):
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup well-beaten silken tofu (as an egg replacer)
1/2 cup non-fat milk (this is the part that makes it un-vegan)
1/3 cup margarine (melted)

TOPPING:
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup margarine (melted)

* Preheat oven to 400 degrees*
1. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon
2. Mix egg, milk & margarine and stir them into the dry ingredients until moist
3. Spoon into cupcake cups about 2/3 full (baking cups or oiled cupcake tin)
4. Put in oven for 18 minutes or until ready
5. For topping, combine sugar & cinnamon
6. Brush tops of warm muffins in margarine and dip them into the sugar/cinnamon mixture
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Very easy. By the way, I usually only use easy recipes. I have a very limited supply of cooking materials and ingredients...AND I'm lazy and afraid of complex instructions.

** THE RESULTS **

THE GOOD:
+ Overall, they tasted great
+ I personally couldn't tell that they were made of tofu instead of egg. Cooool (this was my first time using tofu
for muffins)
+ The muffin itself wasn't too sweet, and the cinnamon-sugar tops added just the right amount of sweetness

THE BAD:
- Probably would have tasted better with real butter, but then again...I felt less guilty using a lower fat brand of
margarine. It wasn't bad bad though!!
- The recipe only makes 9 small muffins when Recipezaar said it would make 12!

Next Time:
* Probably won't make these again...
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So that was exciting. Will use silken tofu more often in baking!