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From Kree's recipe above for MAPLE OAT WITH GLAZE MUFFINS

Are you ready? This isn't hard, trust me. It just takes a little time and some simple math (use a calculator) and if you have it, a good FOOD COUNTS book. (The book is worth it and cheap from places like Amazon.com. I'm currently using, but not for the demonstration here, "The NuriBase Complete book of Food Counts" 2001).
If you don't have a book, you can get all the information you need searching the net. What I did here was to show you the sources I used to pull the calorie and fat information I needed. The only instructions I have is to "Read slow, but think fast!"

What do we WANT to know:
1. Calories per serving
2. Fat grams per servings
3. Percentage of calories that come from the fat

What DO we know:

1. The ingredients
2. The amount of each ingredient
3. How many servings the recipe makes

How do we go about this?

1. Find the calories and fat of each ingredient via the net or a good reference Food Counts book
2. Calculate the calories and fat for the AMOUNT of each ingredient listed in the recipe
3. Total up the calories and grams of fat for the entire recipe
4. Divide the total calories and grams of fat by the number of servings
5. Multiply the number of grams of fat per serving by 9
6. Divide the number you got in #5 (fat calories per serving) by the total calories per serving to get the percentage of calories that come from fat.

Here is the process, step by step, working with each ingredient. If you don't know recipe equivalents here is a good chart to keep on hand to refer to:

Equivalent Measures for Liquid, Dry and Metric Conversions:

Source: http://lowfatlifestyle.com/measures.htm
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1/4 cup (soy) margarine, softened

Source: http://us.treeoflife.com/Content/Business/default.asp?qsSectionId=352

Information given about the product at the above web site:
1 Tablespoon: 100 calories, 11 grams fat

Ok, let's do the math to see what the calories and fat grams are in the � cup margarine called for in the recipe.
4 tablespoons = � cup, 4 X 100 calories in 1 tablespoon = 400 calories,
4 tablespoons=1/4 cup, 4 X 11 grams fat in 1 tablespoon = 44 grams fat
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1/2 cup sugar

Source: http://www.ntwrks.com/~mikev/chart1.html

Information from above web site:
Sugar, 1 cup, 770 calories, 0 grams fat
Recipe calls for � cup so we divide the 770 calories for 1 cup by � = 385
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1/2 teaspoon salt

Source: http://www.ntwrks.com/~mikev/chart1.html
1 teaspoon salt = 0 calories, 0 fat
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1 1/4 cups flour

Source: http://www.ntwrks.com/~mikev/chart1.html

Information from above web site: Wheat flour, all-purpose, un-sifted,
1 cup= 455 calories, 1 gram fat

Ok, lets do the math. 1 and � cup is the same mathematically as 1.25.
1.25X 455calories= 568.75 calories, or rounded off, 569 calories
Fat, 1 cup = 1 gram fat 1 � cup = 1.25 grams fat, or rounded off 1 gram fat
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2 teaspoons baking powder

Source: http://www.ntwrks.com/~mikev/chart1.html

Information given at above web site: 1 teaspoon = 5 calories, 0 grams fat
The math: 2 teaspoon= 2 X 5 calories= 10 calories, 0 grams fat
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3/4 cup rolled oats

Source: Quaker Oats, http://www.quakeroatmeal.com/Products/SQO/SQO-QuickOats.cfm
Information on web site:
� cup dry = 150 calories, and 3 grams fat

Ok, lets do the math for � cup. 1.5 X 150 calories = 225 calories
1.5 X 3 grams fat= 4.5 grams fat, round off to 5 grams fat
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1/2 cup soymilk

Source: http://www.soyfoods.com/soyfoodsdescriptions/soymilk.html#anchor261515

Information from above web site: 1 cup, 140 calories, 4 grams fat

The Math: 140 calories divided by � = 70, or 70 calories
4 grams fat divided by �= 2 grams fat

1/2 cup maple syrup

Source: http://www.christiesmaplefarm.com/shop/cooking.asp

Information from above web site:
200 calories per 4 tablespoons, 0 fat grams

The Math: 4 tablespoon = � cup (Remember the equivalents chart?) If 4 tablespoons =1/4 cup then we have to double that figure to get the calories in � cup (what the recipe calls for).
200 X 2 = 400 calories, 0 grams fat
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Glaze Ingredients:

1/2 cup confectioners sugar
Source: http://www.ntwrks.com/~mikev/chart1.html

Information from above web site: 1 cup = 385 calories, 0 grams fat.
Since the recipe calls for � of that amount, divide 385 by 1/2=192.5 or rounded off, 193 calories
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1 tablespoon maple syrup
Using the figures above for maple syrup, divide 200 by 4 to get the calories for 1 tablespoon, or
200 divided by 4 = 50 calories, 0 grams fat
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Tiny splash of soymilk
(Might this be about 1 tablespoon?) If so, divide the 140 calories for one cup by 16, since there are 16 teaspoons in a cup. 140 calories divided by 16 =8.75 or rounded off, 9 calories
Fat: 4 grams fat divided by 16 = .25, not enough to fool with so for all practical purposes we'll say 0 fat grams
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Now the fun part, lets add up all the calories from each ingredient, and all the fat grams and the rest is easy.

CALORIES:
Soy Margarine: 400 calories
Sugar: 385 calories
Salt: 0 calories
Flour: 569 calories
Baking powder: 10 calories
Rolled oats: 225 calories
Soy milk: 70 calories
Maple syrup: 400 calories
Glaze:
Powdered sugar: 193 calories
Maple syrup: 50 calories
Soy milk: 9 calories

TOTAL CALORIES OF INGREDIENTS: 2, 311 calories

FAT GRAMS:

Soy margarine: 44
Flour: 1
Rolled oats: 5
Soy milk: 2

TOTAL FAT GRAMS OF INGREDIENTS: 52
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Recipe makes 8 servings. Ready to divide the total calories and total fat grams by 8?

2311 calories divided by 8 = 288.8 or rounded off, 289 calories per serving
52 fat grams divided by 8 = 6.5 or rounded off 7 grams fat per serving.

Remember the rest of the math? 9 calories are in each fat gram so 9 X 7=63 fat calories per serving. Divide 63 by 289 (the total calories per serving) = 21.7 or rounded off

22% of the calories are from fat.

ANYBODY UP FOR AN EASY TEST??????????

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