applegingerbreadsnack

This is a wonderful snack
based on a very old recipe for
hot-water gingerbread.
The chopped apples give
these cakes extra moistness
and a wonderful flavor.
Apple Gingerbread Snack
Cakes freeze well also.

¼ cup canola oil
½ cup applesauce
1 egg
¾ cup molasses
1 cup hot water

2 ½ cups whole meal flour (available in health food stores or use whole wheat)*
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda

3 medium apples, cored, unpeeled, chopped in the food processor

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease or spray 60 mini muffin tins.

In a small bowl, beat together the canola oil, applesauce, egg, and molasses. Set aside. In a large
bowl, stir together the whole meal flour, cinnamon, ginger and baking soda. Fold in the chopped
apples. Mix in the molasses mixture, then stir in the one cup of hot water. Bake in 375 degree oven
until a toothpick comes out clean, about 15 - 20 minutes. Let cool on a rack for a few minutes, then
remove from the muffin tin. Makes 60 mini muffins.

* Whole meal flour is made by grinding grain (wheat berries) and contains the germ and bran
of the wheat. It can often be purchased in health food stores, or you may substitute whole-
wheat flour.