Article: Reduce fat by adding some oat flour

Dear Jeanne: I make these muffins in the spring, when I can get rhubarb. Can you adjust it so that it tastes good and is more healthful?

Thank you. -- Helen M., San Jose, Calif.

Dear Helen: I certainly can make this more healthful, and my tasters couldn't tell that it was a reduced-fat muffin. I really like the texture and sweetness that you get with a little oat flour. You can make it by grinding plain oatmeal in a blender (it doesn't have to be perfect).

I also made a few more muffins, because they are very large when only 12 are made, but you could eat two and still have less fat and

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