Healthy Harvest Breakfast Muffins

"Yummy muffins pack a nutritious punch in the morning, great for a healthy grab-n-go breakfast. You can alter this recipe any way you like and with what you have on hand, very versatile. I started with Recipe # 8845 from Kathy-Lynn and tweaked it so much it turned into something else. Recipe includes a brown sugar & nut topping. I used almonds and walnuts, but any kind of nut would be good with this."
 
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
20
Yields:
16 muffins
Serves:
16
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 375.
  • Line muffin pan with cups, if desired.
  • Squirt each cup with non-stick cooking spray.
  • Combine first 8 ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Stir until well blended.
  • In a separate smaller bowl combine next 5 ingredients (bananas - butter), stir until well blended.
  • In another separate small bowl, combine next 6 ingredients (almonds - nutmeg) for muffin topping.
  • Add banana mixture to the flour mixture along with the raisins, if you desire.
  • STIR JUST UNTIL MOISTENED. Do not over stir.
  • Fill muffin cups 2/3 way full.
  • Press enough of the brown sugar-nut topping into each muffin to cover the top, and to your taste. About 2 Tbsp per muffin.
  • Bake at 375 for about 20 minutes, until the muffin springs back when lightly touched.
  • Makes 16 small muffins, or 8 giant-sized muffins.

Questions & Replies

  1. What is the nutritional info if one does not make it with the topping? Thanks!
     
  2. Can you give nutritional values for the Harvest muffin? Or at least calories?
     
  3. for the oatmeal, instant, rolled, old fashioned?
     
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Reviews

  1. Awesome! a great way to get in healthy omegas and fiber. I made a batch and froze them. They reheat great in the microwave!
     
  2. The person who said this recipe was dry and tasteless must have left out some of the ingredients. I followed the recipe exactly, and it turned out moist and tasty. What a nice surprise when it is a healthier alternative as well. I can see how you could put other ingredients in with equally good results. Next time I will try cloves instead of ginger just to compare tastes, pecans instead of walnuts. Hmmm, maybe mashed sweet potatoes instead of bananas. I have placed this recipe in my "Excellent" file.
     
  3. Just tried these muffins and while they are indeed delicious - I found that the topping doesn't "stick" and so eating them is a very messy business, with nuts falling everywhere!! I would make these again and just mix the nuts straight into the batter instead of precariously piling them on top.
     
  4. Really good! Love the texture and the power packed nutrition! I used red mill whole wheat pastry flour, and I ground the oatmeal so my 10 year old won't taste it. I also pureed the carrot w/ sweet potato, and used only 1/4 spoonful of ginger. I loved the fact that it used so little butter and sugar and the taste just so wonderful! Thank you for this great recipe!
     
  5. Thanks for a great recipe. I added flax seeds and left out the raisins. I only had a mixture of nuts in my cupboard so I used those (walnuts, pecans, cashews). Straight out of the oven with a scoop of vanilla ice cream these were amazing. Still yummy as little snacks throughout the day (minus the ice cream).
     
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Tweaks

  1. The person who said this recipe was dry and tasteless must have left out some of the ingredients. I followed the recipe exactly, and it turned out moist and tasty. What a nice surprise when it is a healthier alternative as well. I can see how you could put other ingredients in with equally good results. Next time I will try cloves instead of ginger just to compare tastes, pecans instead of walnuts. Hmmm, maybe mashed sweet potatoes instead of bananas. I have placed this recipe in my "Excellent" file.
     
  2. I skipped the topping because my toddler doesn't like nuts. Subbed chocolate chips for the raisins and skipped the ginger. Wonderful, healthy recipe.
     
  3. These are lovely, tasty muffins! I was looking or something that would taste fresh, be healthy, and delicious and I am thrilled to say I found em! I substituted frozen blueberries and then had to increase cooking time 10 min. I also played around with honey, raisins, and pecans instead of walnuts in a batch with wonderful results!
     

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Mommy who loves to feed healthy nutritious foods to my family, but must be delicious! I don't like to measure!
 
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