Baked Apple Cinnamon Energy+ Muffins

I love being out in the cold weather – running, riding, skiing, snowshoeing, whatever…

But, what I love even more, is coming IN from the cold – especially when there is something warm and delicious waiting for me – like these muffins made with Amare’s Apple Cinnamon Energy+

I ate one of these before and another after my 50-mile bike ride today – but not a bad way to start off a work morning either…

Ingredients:

• Nonstick cooking spray (for your 12-muffin pan)

Dry:

• 1 3/4 cup whole wheat flour (you can use all-purpose flour if whole wheat is too chewy for you)
• 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
• 4 scoops Amare GBX Vanilla Protein
• 4 scoops Amare Seedfiber

Wet:

• 1 cup butter – melted
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 6 stick packs of Amare Apple Cinnamon Energy+ (dissolved in 1/2 cup water)

Directions:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees
• Spray the muffin tin
• In medium bowl, whisk all the dry ingredients together
• In another medium bowl, melt the butter
  • Add the sugars to the melted butter and cream together
  • Add the eggs to the sugar/butter mixture until combined
  • Add the Energy+ liquid until combined
• Add the sugar/butter/eggs/Energy+ mixture to the flour/dry mixture and mix well
• Spoon the batter into prepared muffin tins
• Bake for 18-25 minutes – rotating pan halfway through baking time

When the muffins are done baking – allow to cool for 5 minutes before topping with:

• Melt 4 Tablespoons of butter
• Combine 1/3 cup sugar + 2 tsp cinnamon + 1 stick pack of Energy+
• Brush tops of muffins with butter and sprinkle with sugar/cinnamon/Energy+ mixture (you won’t use all the butter or topping – so sprinkle liberally!

Each of the dozen muffins delivers the following “nutrition”…

• 250 calories
• 15g fat
• 20g carbs
• 7g protein
• 1g prebiotic fiber
• Half a serving of Energy+ packed with brain-boosting phytobiotics and ~30mg natural caffeine