Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup oats
  • 1/2 cup skim milk
  • 1 tablespoon skim milk
  • 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar, not packed
  • 1/4 cup applesauce
  • 1 egg white
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup dried fig, stemmed and coarsely chopped
  • 1/4 cup walnuts, slightly toasted and coarsely chopped

Method

  • Add chopped figs into 2 tbsps of milk and soak for at least an hour in the refrigerator.
  • Preheat the oven to 350.
  • In a big bowl, mix together oats, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon.
  • In a seperate bowl, mix together milk, brown sugar, applesauce, and egg white.
  • Combine wet ingredients with dry ingredients.
  • Add in walnuts and soaked figs (along with the milk that it was soaked in), fold to combine.
  • Spoon batter into muffin tins sprayed with cooking spray or lined with paper muffin cups.
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.