With my recent diagnosis of osteopenia, I decided that it's time to get sugar out of my diet, for the most part. Which would naturally mean getting rhubarb out of my diet.
But not so fast!
I searched this morning for sugar-free rhubarb muffin recipes and came up with very little. So I improvised and herewith provide the results. NOTE that this is not a "sweet" muffin. And the rhubarb is still a bit sour. But the entire family (wife and three of the kids) quite liked them (the four-year-old didn't so much).
Here it is:
Mix together:
3/4 c whole wheat flour
1/2 c white flour
1/2 c oats
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
Cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, etc.
Then mix together:
3/4 c fruit juice
1/4 c melted butter
2 T oil
1 t vanilla
1 egg
Gently mix dry and wet, add 1 cup rhubarb (chopped in bitty pieces), cook for 15 minutes (or so) at 350, and then see if you like it.
If so, leave me smileys at the bottom.
If not, I expect frownies!
Edit: So, we've discovered that if you cook the rhubarb in the microwave for one or two minutes before adding it to the muffin batter, it mellows the flavor out a bit.
Also, we've been adding equal parts blueberries and rhubarb, and that seems about the perfect combination!
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You could sweeten it up easily without sugar by using stevia. It's not sugar or even a sugar substitute.
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