Categories: Muffins
      Yield: 12 servings
 
  1 1/2 c  QUAKER Oats uncooked
           -(quick or old fashioned)
      1 c  All-purpose flour
    1/3 c  Firmly packed brown sugar
      1 ts Baking powder
    1/2 ts Baking soda
    1/2 ts Ground cinnamon
    1/4 ts Salt [optl)
    1/3 c  Chopped dates
      8 oz Nonfat plain yogurt
    3/4 c  Mashed banana (2 medium)
      2    Egg whites or
           -1 egg, slightly beaten
      2 tb Vegetable oil
 
    l l/2 ts grated orange peel
  
  Heat oven to 400  F.  Spray bottoms only of 12 muffin
  cups with no-stick cooking spray.  Combine dry
  ingredients including dates;  mix well.  Add combined
  yogurt, banana, egg whites, oil and orange peel,
  mixing just until dry ingredients are moistened.  Fill
  muffin cups almost full.  Bake 20 to 22 minutes or
  until golden brown.  Let muffins stand a few minutes;
  remove from pan.
  
  * Or substitute 3/4 cup skim milk combined with 2-1/2
  teaspoons lemon juice for yogurt.  Let milk and juice
  stand 5 minutes or until slightly thickened.  Proceed
  as recipe directs.
  
  Nutrition Information:  l muffin Calories 160,
  Calories From Fat 27, Total Fat 3g, Saturated Fat 0g,
  Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 120mg, Total Carbohydrates
  29g, Dietary Fiber 2g, Protein 4g