Banana-Buttermilk Muffins

"This recipe is from Williams-Sonoma Essentials of Healthful Cooking. They bake up light and full of flavor. The riper the bananas the sweeter the muffins."
 
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
12
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 375°F.
  • Spray 12 regular muffin cups with non-stick cooking spray.
  • In a large bowl, mix together the flours, sugar, baking powder and baking soda.
  • In separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, mashed banana, oil, egg and vanilla.
  • Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients and stir just until blended.
  • Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling about three-fourths full.
  • Sprinkle tops evenly with nuts.
  • Bake until lightly brown and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, approximately 15 to 20 minutes.
  • Allow to cool in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes, then turn out onto rack and cool completely.
  • These muffins freeze well and can be warmed in microwave.

Questions & Replies

  1. Did anybody else's batter turn out slightly runny?...my muffins still came out ligjt and fluffy...Thanx for sharing this recipe..??
     
  2. How many calories are in each muffin?
     
  3. I don't have whole wheat flour, can I add more all purpose flour and if so how much?
     
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Reviews

  1. I had two overly ripe bananas and some buttermilk that needed to be used up. So when I came across this recipe I hit the jackpot. I didn't have any, but DH had two with dinner tonight. He gave them 4 stars.
     
  2. These banana muffins turned out very nice, as I expected a Paula G recipe to. I got up early this morning (not that much) and started making these. My daughter and I were able to enjoy them with breakfast. The cat was interested, too, but we didn't give him any. I did leave out the vanilla, and added 1/4 teaspoon salt, because of personal preference. (I kind of think my daughter would have preferred the vanilla.) Anyway, thank you for another lovely recipe.
     
  3. I just made these muffins (my fingers are a little burned because I ate them straight from the oven) and they were delicious! My 2 year old sister helped me and she enjoyed them too. We never had banana muffins before but I think we will make them again :) <br/>Thank you for posting this recipe!
     
  4. With a couple of minor exceptions these were made just as written. I used all Splenda for the sugar and I added the nuts into the batter just out of personal preference. I chose to make little bite size mini muffins and they came out so cute :D. They are simply yummy, light textured and very moist. You just can't go wrong with this recipe.
     
  5. These are very good! I added chopped dates. They are very moist and I would definately make them again.
     
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Tweaks

  1. These are unbelievably good--almost like a more healthful version of cupcakes--DH and I loved them!! I made only minor changes to the recipe: I used all whole wheat pastry flour instead of the a/p and w/w flours, sodium-free baking powder rather than regular baking powder (sodium-free baking powder acts the same as the regular kind, but doesn't add any sodium), and pecans in place of the walnuts...and the muffins turned out fantastic! This is definitely a recipe I'll make again! Thanks so much for sharing it PaulaG!!
     
  2. Nice muffin! I halved the recipe and used applesauce instead of oil and eggbeaters, I also omitted the nuts to make it more WW friendly. The result was 6 wonderfully moist banana muffins. I did add a dash of cinnamon since I love it! Great recipe that turned out to be 2.5 pts. with my adjustments. Thanks!
     
  3. These were absolutely delicious! I used 1/4 cup honey and 10 packets of Equal sweetner because that's what I had. I also am lactose intolerant so I used Soy Milk instead of buttermilk. They also needed to be cooked a little longer than recommended. Everyone I shared them with loved them, even though they normally eat sugar and milk!!!
     
  4. the great thing about these is how well - constructed the recipe is. I substituted the bananas for butternut squash puree and added a bunch of crystallized ginger. They have very little fat (I used olive oil and they tasted great), and a very reasonable amount of sugar. Light, Fluffy, Moist, and healthy - my favorite combo for muffins!
     
  5. Healthy for sure! Can't wait to share this recipe with our cardiac patients!! This used about 2 medium-sized bananas. Instead of oil, I used two large tablespoons of unsweetened applesauce. On the top, I used a mixture of 1/4 c. chopped pecans, 1 tsp. cinnamon/sugar and 1/4 c. oats. Next time (there will be a next time!) I will add 1/2-1 tsp. cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice to the batter and will consider 1/2 tsp. of salt. Thank you for a recipe that makes me feel great to serve to my family!! :-)
     

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