Monday, August 1, 2011

Healthier Banana Cinnamon Muffins


I had a bunch of ripe bananas so I wanted to make a treat with them that wouldn't make me feel too guilty. After searching my recipes, I found a few muffin recipes and decided to combine three of them to make my own twist and left out the butter- yuck! Oh and about 1/3 the sugar the recipes called for, seriously people. 

Danny said he really liked them because they were really moist. I liked them because they were sweet and were not as unhealthy as most muffins. I forgot to take a picture but Danny made me promise to make them again so I will post one then! 

Ingrediants, from what I can remember :

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
3 T cinnamon (why do all recipes call for less? I want to TASTE it! )
1 Egg
1 T vanilla extract
1 mashed banana
1/8 cup brown sugar
1/8 cup white sugar
1 vanilla pudding cup  

* I used pudding instead of butter and buttermilk and added less sugar. If you don't have pudding, you can definitely use yogurt! I just didn't have any, and I was also wanting a lot of vanilla flavor.

Directions: 

1. Preheat oven to 350F

2. Mix the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon in a large bowl. 

3. In another bowl, combine the egg, vanilla, pudding, and banana. 

4. Mix the wet and dry ingredients until just combined. 

5. Add batter to muffin tin until 2/3 full. Sprinkle a cinnamon sugar blend over the tops of the batter (not too heavy or the muffins wont rise well). 

6. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown and a tooth pick comes out clean. 




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