Orange Nut Muffins
Orange Nut Muffins
Yield: 12 servings
6 eggs, separated
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
4 Splenda packets
1/4 cup soy flour
1/4 cup walnuts, ground
1 teaspoon orange extract, divided
1 tablespoon Brown Sugar Twin
4 ounces cream cheese
1/4 cup heavy cream
8 Splenda packets
1 teaspoon orange extract
2.6 grams carb minus .03 for fiber= 2.3 grams carb ea.
Beat egg whites with cream of tartar and add 4 Splenda packets. Beat
whites until stiff. Sprinkle the 1/2 teaspoon orange extract over
this.
In separate bowl, beat yolks with 4 Splenda packets and 1 tablespoon
Brown Sugar Twin. Add 1/2 teaspoon orange extract. Take a big spoonful
of whites and add to yolk mixture and mix together, then pour yolk
mixture over whites.
Mix 1/4 cup soy flour with 1/4 cup ground walnuts (doesn't have to be
super fine). Fold all this together and pile mixture into 12 muffin
cups sprayed with Pam. Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes until tops
of muffins are browned. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F, and
bake another 15 minutes. Cool and ice with Orange Cream Cheese
Frosting if desired.
Orange Cream Cheese Frosting
4 ounces cream cheese
1/4 cup whipping cream
1 teaspoon orange extract
Splenda to taste
Per Serving: 126 Cal (60% from Fat, 34% from Protein, 7% from Carb);
11 g Protein; 9 g Tot Fat; 2 g Carb; 1 g Fiber; 25 mg Calcium; 1 mg
Iron; 65 mg Sodium; 137 mg Cholesterol
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