Irish Soda Bread Muffins

This is adapted from another recipe I found on skinnytaste.com. Soda bread usually has raisins, but I forgot them at the store yesterday. woops! I added a lot more baking soda from the original recipe so they would really poof up...and I tinted it green :) Happy St. Patty's week!

PS: The milk and cream of tartar mixture acts as buttermilk...if you'd rather use regular buttermilk go for it.

Makes 12-16 muffins


Ingredients:
-2 cups flour
-3 Tbsp. stevia or raw sugar
-2 tsp. baking soda
-1 tsp. baking powder
-salt, to taste
-4 oz. unsweetened applesauce
-1 egg
-1 ¼ cup milk (+ 1.5 tsp. cream of tartar)
-3/4 cups raisins (optional)
-green food coloring (optional)

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

2) In a bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the applesauce and egg.

3) Add the egg and applesauce mixture to the dry ingredients and combine until a crumbly texture forms.

4) Dissolve cream of tartar in milk. Add to flour and mix thoroughly. Mix in food dye and raisins if desired.

5) Prepare muffin tin with nonstick spray. Spoon batter into wells and bake for 20-25 minutes.