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Packing a healthy tiffin becomes easy with this recipe

The new school session has begun and every mother’s biggest concern is – How to pack the most nutritious food in their kids’ tiffin which is tasty as well as appealing to the kids at the same time?

So, here is a recipe which serves exactly the purpose. It is power packed with carbohydrates and protein and rich in iron and calcium.

Classic Wholewheat Muffin

Prep time : 20 mins Cooking time 35-40 mins Level : Medium

Ingredients :

Dry Ingredients
1 cup Wholewheat flour
1/2 teaspoon Baking powder
1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
1 pinch Salt

Wet Ingredients
3/4 cup Brown Sugar
1 nos. Egg (seperate)
1/4 cup Oil
1/2 cup Milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extraxt
1/2 cup nuts of choice (optional)

Fot Dusting
1/4 cup icing sugar

Instructions :

  1. Preheat oven at 180 degrees.
  2. Seieve wholewheat flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together in a bowl. Keep aside
  3. Beat brown sugar, egg yolk, oil and milk together till sugar melts and forms a runny liquid.
  4. Beat eggwhite seperately. Keep aside.
  5. Now mix the dry ingredients to the brown sugar , milk and egg mixture slowly, adding 3-4 tablespoons at a time.
  6. Mix it gently, just as much so that no lumps remain. Add vanilla extract now.
  7. you can add nuts of your choice at this point.
  8. Now fold in the egg white in to the batter by not beating it too much.
  9. Line a muffin tray with paper muffin liners and fill them 3/4th with this batter.
  10. Place in a preheated oven and bake for 35-40 mins or till an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
  11. Place the baked muffins on a cooling rack. Once cooled, dust them with icing sugar.

Voila! Your Healthy wholewheat muffins are ready to ba packed in the Tiffinbox.

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