Eat Clean Morning Glory Muffins

This is another favorite recipe from Tosca Reno.

Dry Ingredients
3/4 cup whole wheat flour or Power Flour (I used Power Flour; which is a combination  of 5 different whole grain flours.)
3/4 cup oat bran cereal (I couldn't find oat bran cereal, so I used a 10 grain cereal that I found in the bulk section of WinCo.  I imagine one could use just oat bran, but I was looking specifically for "cereal".)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp apple pie spice (which is made by combining 1t cinnamon, 1/2t nutmeg, 1/4t allspice, 1/4t cardamom.  I just used pumpkin pie spice.)
1/2 cup Sucanat or rapadura sugar
1/2 tsp sea salt

Wet Ingredients
1 banana, mashed
1/2 cup plain kefir (I had to buy this at the co-op.  It is kind of like a runny yogurt, but thicker than buttermilk.)
1 egg white and 1 whole egg, well beaten
2 tbsp unsweetened applesauce
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 carrot, peeled and grated
1/2 cup chopped, pitted dates
1/2 cup chopped natural walnuts

1. Preheat oven to 425F
2. Prepare muffin tins by lining with silicon or paper liners, or by greasing with cooking spray. 
3. Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl. Mix well.
4. Combine all wet ingredients in a medium sized bowl. Mix well.
5. Pour wet ingredients into dry and mix until just combined. Do not over mix or your muffins will come out flat and rubbery.
6. Spoon batter into muffin cups until 3/4 full. Place in hot oven and bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool on wire cooling rack.

Put a shallow pan of water in the oven.  It helps the muffins rise better.

Makes 12 muffins. 

Nutritional value for one muffin:
Calories 187, Protein 7g, Total Fat 5g, Fiber 4g, Sodium 168 mg