Molasses Muffins With Dates And Flaxseeds

Flaxseeds are known to protect against cancer and heart disease. It goes well in muffins,cereals,breads and almost all baking goodies. Molasses muffin studded with chopped dates are quick and easy to bake at home. This muffins are perfect for breakfast with perfect sweetness from the molasses and natural goodness of the sweet and sticky dates. Its a perfect dates muffin recipe to mix up and bake in less than thirty minutes.

Molasses can be found in most hypermarket or shop selling baking goods. Molasses are known as black treacle in the West and produced by refining sugarcane or sugar beets into dark substance of moist granular sugar. The muffins were super moist and soft to every bite. Bake some of this yummy molasses muffins with dates and flaxseeds for your family and enjoy the wholesome goodness.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 large egg
1 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup flaxseed meal
1/3 cup molasses
1 cup chopped dates
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp orange rind
1/2 tsp salt


Methods

Preheat oven at 350'F or 180'C and line 12 muffin mould tin with muffin cups.

In a large bowl, combine molasses, buttermilk,egg,flaxseed meal,dates and salt.

In a separate bowl, sift together flour and baking powder.

Gently add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Add the vanilla extract and orange rind

Stir to combine and fill the muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.