Date, Bran and Spice Muffins.

Easy to make- Guilt free ( if you stop at 1)
Handy as lunch box items. Freeze them singly or in twos or threes. Just grab on the way to work.
Makes 15 standard size or 9 Texan ( very large )

Set oven to 180C or 350F
20 minutes to cook.
Ingredients:
1 cup plain flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
4 teaspoons of baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon cardamom powder if you have it or use 2 of cinnamon.
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup stevia/ Natvia or other sweetener. Honey if you like.
2 cups unprocessed bran.
250g chopped dates, scissors make the easiest work of this.
1 cup of rice bran oil
2 beaten eggs
2 cups of milk.

1. Sift flours, baking powder, cinnamon, cardamom.
2. Add sugars
3. Stir in bran and chopped dates.
4. Make a well in the centre, stir in oil, milk and beaten eggs
5. Mix until just combined.
6. Spoon into oiled muffin tins. Fill them almost to the top.
7. Bake 20 minutes at 180C or 350F
8. They should spring back a little if cooked.
9. Cool a little, then encircle with a knife to remove. Icing sugar them before serving. 97% guilt free ha.