Apple Ginger Muffins

Name: Apple Ginger Muffins
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 18 Medjool dates, pitted; 1 1/2 cups coconut water; 3 cups old fashioned rolled oats, ground into flour; 1 1/2 cups millet, ground into flour; 4 teaspoons sodium free baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 1/2 tablespoons ground chia seeds; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 3/4 cup unsweetened soy, hemp or almond milk; 1/3 cup cooked garbanzo beans; 3 1/2 cups chopped apples, divided; 5 tablespoons Dr. Fuhrman's Apple Cinnamon Vinegar (or additional 1/4 cup non-dairy milk plus 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar); 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger, packed; 1 cup chopped unsweetened, unsulfured dried apples; 1 cup roughly chopped walnuts; 8 ounces shredded fresh or frozen kale

By: James Rohrbacher

by 7 members

G - BOMBS

Category: Breakfast

Not only are these muffins packed with apples and walnuts and spiced with cinnamon and ginger, they also contain beans and greens! They freeze well, so make a batch and enjoy whenever you need a quick breakfast on-the-run.

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Serves 24

Ingredients

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18 Medjool dates, pitted

1 1/2 cups coconut water

3 cups old fashioned rolled oats, ground into flour

1 1/2 cups millet, ground into flour

4 teaspoons sodium free baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 tablespoons ground chia seeds

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 teaspoons ground ginger

3/4 cup unsweetened soy, hemp or almond milk

1/3 cup cooked garbanzo beans

3 1/2 cups chopped apples, divided

5 tablespoons Dr. Fuhrman's Apple Cinnamon Vinegar (or additional 1/4 cup non-dairy milk plus 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar)

1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger, packed

1 cup chopped unsweetened, unsulfured dried apples

1 cup roughly chopped walnuts

8 ounces shredded fresh or frozen kale

Instructions:

Soak the dates in the coconut water for 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line muffin tins with paper liners and spray them very lightly with olive oil.

Whisk together the oat and millet flours, baking powder, baking soda, ground chia seeds, cinnamon and ground ginger in a small bowl.

In a high-powered blender, puree the dates and the soaking coconut water, the non-dairy milk, garbanzo beans, 1 1/2 cups of the chopped apples, Apple Cinnamon Vinegar, and the grated fresh ginger until smooth. Pour into a large mixing bowl and stir in the remaining chopped fresh apples and the dried apples, the walnuts and the kale until evenly distributed. Then fold in the flour mixture just until combined. Do not over mix.

Fill the muffin tins almost full and bake for 50-60 minutes, rotating in the oven after 35 minutes. They are done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let the muffins cool in the muffin tins on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove from the tins to the wire rack and cool completely.

Refrigerate or freeze in ziploc bags.

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Serves 24

Per Serving:

Calories 203
Protein 5 g
Carbohydrates 38 g
Sugars 17 g
Total Fat 5 g
Saturated Fat 0.6 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 84 mg
Fiber 5.2 g
Beta-Carotene 894 ug
Vitamin C 13 mg
Calcium 94 mg
Iron 3.7 mg
Folate 26 ug
Magnesium 45 mg
Potassium 386 mg
Zinc 0.6 mg
Selenium 1.4 ug

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DBiderman

06/18/2025 02:16 PM

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I don't love Millet, it never really grinds down into a powder using the Vitamix dry blender but maybe in a coffee grinder. So the texture is a tiny bit crunchy. Not horrible, by any means. Will use just oat flour next time.
I didn't have dried apples so I used dried cherries from Quebec which adds a lovely flavour.

AnnMarieV

05/24/2024 11:33 AM

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I live in an rural small town and no access to Millet, can I use something else that is considered nutritarian...chickpea flour maybe?

This comment was last edited on 05/24/2024 11:33 AM

aim4success

10/25/2022 11:25 PM

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I like it.

ginabelle

10/03/2021 01:11 AM

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My SAD husband really liked these. Yes, they were dense and that was good for him, he felt satisfied. I had to use quinoa which was on hand. Didn't have enough special dates so had to add regular pitted ones. Great warm or cold! A keeper for us.

VLADNIETO

12/07/2019 06:51 PM

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For how many muffins is the caloric value?

sgjohnson1 replies:

12/01/2025 10:13 PM

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One

spearson959

05/12/2019 03:19 PM

Rated this recipe:

I doubled the spices to give it a real kick. I wish they were a tad sweeter. They were fun to make and have a great flavor, but I couldn’t get the right muffin consistency - they came out pretty dense and sticky for me.

vicki45

11/21/2018 10:15 PM

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Does anyone know the texture of the finished muffins- are these very dense or chewy? Tx.

matfrazer

02/19/2018 05:34 PM

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These are just wonderful! They are labor intensive but worth it if you have the time. Super yummy!

akbratt94

02/02/2018 07:31 AM

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These are quite tasty! I will not make them often because Medjool dates can be expensive. They are a little hard to work with too. I wish there was a way to substitute Date Suger instead.

kaps

01/18/2018 01:12 PM

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Another way to weigh.... ounces. According to the same internet page, one Medjool date equals 0.85 oz, so the date component for your recipe is nearly a pound of dates, or 15.3 ounces. Seems like a lot of dates, but ?? Hope you will respond ... thanks!

BFMU replies:

09/07/2018 03:52 PM

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That is a lot of dates!!!

When I see a recipie with too much of something, I just put in less of that particular ingredient.

kaps

01/18/2018 01:09 PM

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I have regular dates and date pieces. What is the weight of one your medjool dates? The internet says one date equal 24 gm, so this recipe would require 432 gm according to that information. Would it be possible for you to use gram measure rather than "each" in your recipe's?

CarlosR

01/17/2018 09:02 PM

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17 grams of sugar per serving? I know it's not added sugar, but that still seems kind of on the high side.

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