Nearly Guilt-Free French Toast Muffins

Nearly Guilt-Free French Toast Muffins


1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.

2. Start cooking the bacon strips in a frying pan or griddle until crispy. Continue to step 3.

3. Combine dry ingredients and spices in a bowl.

4. Separate the whites & yolks of 2 eggs. Keep the whites in a small bowl. Keep the yolks for next step.

5. In a third medium-sized bowl, whisk together: almond milk, apple sauce, honey and 1 full egg, 2 egg yolks.

6. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients.

7. Use a mixer to beat egg whites until peaks form. Then fold them into the batter.

8. Chop the bacon into bite-size bits. About a quarter-inch to half-inch squares or so.

9. Set aside the equivalent of one bacon strip, stir the rest into the batter.

10. Pour ¼ cup of batter onto a greased griddle.

11. Sprinkle some of the left-over bacon bits evenly over top of each muffin in the tin.

12. Cook 12 to 17 minutes until golden brown. NOTE: test each muffin with a toothpick to make sure they are done. The toothpick should come out clean – no batter should stick to the toothpick.

13. GLAZE: In a small saucepan simmer maple syrup and lemon juice, stirring occasionally, until reduced to a thick (thicker than maple syrup) syrup. This will take about 15 minutes over a low flame.

14. Remove from heat and wait for the muffins to finish baking.

15. When muffins are out of the oven and cool enough to handle, poke a few holes in the muffin top with a toothpick.

16. Dip each muffin top in the maple glaze.

17. After dipping all twelve muffins, start with the first muffin you dipped and dip each muffin again.

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