Healthy Banana Bran Muffins

Submitted by roxygibbs

"This recipe REALLY made 12 muffins and they're only 125 calories a piece, not to mention, they taste great."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 12 muffins

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups bran flakes
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana (3 medium)
• 1⁄2 cup milk (i used skim)
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 cup flour
• 1⁄4 cup sugar (i used 4 packages of Splenda)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground nutmeg (i used a little nutmeg and 1/4 t cinnamon)
• 1⁄4 cup chopped walnuts (i added, but it's optional)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease or paper line muffin cups (i sprayed).
2. Combine cereal, bananas, milk, egg and oil in bowl; mix well. Let stand 5 minutes; stir to break up cereal.
3. Combine flour, sugar (sweetner), baking powder, baking soda, spices and nuts (if using) in separate bowl.
4. Add flour mixture all at once to cereal mixture, stirring just until moistened.
5. Divide evenly among prepared muffin cups, which comes to about a heaping tablespoon per muffin.
6. Bake 20-25 minutes or until tester inserted in center comes out clean.
7. Serve warm (room temp is OK too).

Reviews

[khalaf.milan]

I use 16 sachets of sweet n low sweetener instead of sugar so I increase the wet ingredients (1 extra banana + 25ml extra milk). I also use whole wheat flour instead of white. My favourite recipe when I need to salvage over-ripened brown bananas. 5/5

 

[brookiecookie78]

This came out great! to make it extra healthy I substitute the flour for wheat flour instead and instead of vegetable oil I used lighter bake oil and butter replacement! So its less calories and less fat:-) I also used 6 packets of truvia instead of sugar to make it sweet! Thank you for this recipe:-)

 

[Kate S.]

After the first day these muffins were incredibly dry. I couldn't force myself to eat them. If I try this recipe again, I will be making only enough to eat fresh, or else adding more fat.

 

[stacybanana]

These muffins were very delicious! I made a few substitutions that helped make them extra moist and even less in calories!<br/><br/>Use 3 tbsp of unsweetened applesauce instead of oil<br/>Use splenda instead of sugar<br/>Use Egg Creations instead of a real egg<br/><br/>New nutritional info per muffin: 97 calories, 2.0 grams of fat, 18.0 carbs.

 

[elfless]

I used wheat bran, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/8 tsp nutmeg and a dash of cloves. I used white sugar - no substitute. I used pecans rather than walnuts and a small box of raisins. The muffins are chewy and have an okay flavor. If I make this recipe again I'd use more of all the spices and maybe a little more sugar. They came out a little strong on the bran flavor. I used foil muffin cups and didn't have any problems.