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Corn & oat bran muffin-scones

Makes 6 muffins

375 deg. F, about 20 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.

Mid-baking, rotate muffin tin.


Preheat oven.


In a large bowl, combine, and let sit for a few minutes:
   1 1/4 cup preferably plain (or vanilla), unsweetened soymilk
      (or another non-dairy milk)
   1 T apple cider vinegar

Add and combine well:
   1/2 cup unpeeled apple, coarsely grated (small pieces)
   1 T canola oil
   1 T ground chia seed
   2 T sugar
   1/3 cup oat bran
   1/3 cup dried currants

Set bowl aside.

(Optional: add to mixture 1/2 cup red kidney beans, mostly mashed.
And increase baking powder to 1 1/2 tsp. in the dry ingredients, below.)


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In a medium bowl, combine well:
   1/2 cup finely ground cornmeal
   1/2 cup masa harina
   3/4 cup wholewheat pastry flour
   1 tsp. baking powder
   1/4 tsp. baking soda

When the oven is fully heated, add the dry ingredients into the liquid ingredients bowl.

Combine only until everything is evenly blended. Don't overmix.

Spoon batter into a well-greased 6-muffin tin (or use muffin parchment papers).

After baking, cool muffins in muffin tin for 5 to 10 minutes.
Then remove and cool on rack.