Whole Wheat Banana Nut Muffins

Submitted by Ceezie

"These muffins are packed with food that is good for you - no oil. I omitted the oil and replaced it with flax seed and plum puree."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 12-18 muffins

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups whole wheat flour
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup flax seed meal
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 -5 bananas (very ripe)
• 1⁄4 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1⁄4 cup plum puree or 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1 cup pecans, chopped

directions

1. Peel the bananas and add to mixer - turned on medium speed. Begin adding wet ingredients.
2. In another bowl place all dry ingredients and stir together. Slowly begin adding to mixture in bowl. Once this is all mixed together spoon into greased muffin pans 3/4 of the way up.
3. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Reviews

[chocopony]

A very tasty, yet still healthy muffin. I did make a few changes, but the result was a tasty, not-too-sweet muffin that tastes like banana nut bread. I added about a 1/2 tsp of baking powder in addition to the baking soda, omitted one of the eggs and substituted another 1/4 cup of applesauce instead. Also since the applesauce is sweet I only used 1/2 cup of brown sugar, but they would have been fine with the sugar as well. I also made as streusel topping with brown sugar, a bit of margarine and oatmeal to add a bit of texture and sweetness on top. Good recipe; I like the use of flax seed and applesauce instead of oil.