[recipe difficulty=”easy”]

• 1 ¼ cups applesauce
• 1 cup brown sugar
• ½  cup olive oil
• 2 eggs
• ¼ cup buttermilk
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½  teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½  teaspoon ground ginger
• ½  teaspoon ground allspice
• ½ teaspoon ground clove
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• ½ cup raisins or chopped dried apricots
• ½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2.  Prepare muffin pans (16-18 muffins) with cupcake foils
3. In a large bowl, Beat eggs first and then  add the applesauce, sugar, oil, and milk; beat well.
4.  Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and mix in cinnamon, ginger, allspice, cloves and salt. Add to the applesauce mixture but don't overstir.
5. Add vanilla and fold in the pecans and raisins.
6. Pour batter into prepared muffin tins.
7. Bake in preheated oven for 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.

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