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Amaranth Spelt Muffins

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Category:     Baked Good

Description:
These chewy muffins are a great power breakfast or mid-morning pick me up without being too heavy or sweet. These muffins are not a good late night snack unless you plan on staying up all night!


General applicability:

Amaranth Spelt Muffins
Green: recipe contains only neutral or a beneficials ingredients for that type.
Yellow: recipe contains an secondary avoid ingredient that may be substituted by a more permissable one.
Orange: contains an avoid in a primary ingredient.



Ingredient list:
  • 1 cup amaranth
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 cup apple juice
  • 1 cup chopped sweetened dried cranberries [check for avoids]
  • 3/4 cup soy milk [check for avoids][or use a BTD compliant substitute]
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 3 cups spelt flour
  • 1/2 cup rice flour
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar [agave]
  • 1-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon [or use a BTD compliant substitute]
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon allspice [or use a BTD compliant substitute]
  • 3 teaspoon baking powder [baking powder recipes]


How to make it:
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Stir all dry ingredients together, mixing well.
  • Cook amaranth in the 3 cups water, bring to boil and then simmer until water is absorbed.
  • Warm cranberries in apple juice until boiling, then turn off and let rest.
  • Beat egg into soy milk and add vanilla.
  • Stir in cooked amaranth, then the cranberries and apple juice.
  • Stir in dry ingredients and then the pecans.
  • Fill greased muffin cups or liners 3/4 full and bake for 15-25 minutes, or until tops look dry and muffins are springy.
  • Let cool and enjoy, recipe makes about 2 dozen muffins.
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Blood Type Diet Analysis:


Core Ingredients Analysis:
The ingredients in this category are either BTD compliant for all types or the recipe author and/or editor did not suggest a possible substitution. If this category contains avoids for your blood type this recipe may not work for you, unless you feel like you can omit the item or make an appropriate substitution.

Ingredient
A
B
O
AB
A NS
B NS
O NS
AB NS
Pecans
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Apple
N
N
N
N
N
N
A
N
Vanilla
N
N
N
N
N
N
A
N
Clove
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Cranberries
B
B
N
B
B
B
N
B
Rice Flour, White
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
B
Egg Whole, Chicken
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
B
Amaranth
B
A
N
B
B
N
N
B


Variations and Substitutions Analysis:
This category of ingredients contains possible substitutions that may allow different blood types to use the recipe or ingredients that can be left out of the recipe altogether.

Ingredient
A
B
O
AB
A NS
B NS
O NS
AB NS
Sugar, Brown, White
N
N
N
N
A
A
A
A
Milk, Almond
N
N
N
N
N
N
A
N
Milk, Soy
B
A
N
N
N
N
A
A
Agave Syrup
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Cinnamon
N
A
N
N
N
A
A
N
Milk, Rice
N
B
N
B
N
B
N
B
Allspice
N
A
N
A
N
A
N
A


Macronutrient Analysis:

This recipe may contain macronutrients with important effects on health

  • The recipe may contain ingredients high in lignans
  • The recipe may contain ingredients with phytates
  • The recipe may contain ingredients high in phytoestrogens
  • The recipe may contain ingredients encourage health microbiome balance