Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Blueberry Banana Nut Muffins


The starting point:
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/banana_nut_muffins/

Because baking is only fun if you break the rules and do your own thing:
  • 2 large ripe bananas
  • 1.5 sticks butter, melted
  • 1 cup and a little more unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 2.5 tablespoons coffee
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 pinches iodized sea salt
  • 1 cup wheat flour
  • 1 cup unbleached white flour
  • 1 cup regular flour
  • (I should have added some oats but forgot)
  • 2 cups walnuts
  • about 1.5 cups fresh blueberries

1 Preheat the oven to 350°F. With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl.

2 Mix in the sugar, egg, applesauce, coffee and vanilla.

3 Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in.

4 Add the flour, mix until it is just incorporated. Fold in the walnuts and blueberries.

5 Pour mixture into a prepared muffin tin. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Check for doneness with a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin. I made about 26 muffins.

2 comments:

  1. sounds yummy; do you ever substitute Splenda (the kind you measure as sugar) for sugar? I do that all the time; can't tell the difference and removes a lot of calories

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  2. Nope. I reduce the sugar. Often in half. I'm not really concerned about calories/fat. More wholesomeness for my daughter.

    And I don't like the idea of her consuming artificial sweeteners.

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