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Simple yet Amazing Banana Muffins
What you need:
4 large bananas
1/3 cup milk (whatever kind)
1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla extract
1/2 cup margarine
3/4 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon (5 ml) baking soda
1/4 to 1/2 cup chocolate chips or nuts (optional)
What you do:
Blend bananas. Add milk and vanilla.
Mix margarine and sugar and add to previous.
Combine wet ingredients with flour and baking soda.
Add 1/4 to 1/2 cup chocolate chips or nuts (optional).
Fill about half full 10-15 muffins or 24 mini muffins.
Bake at 350F (180C) for about 10-12 minutes, or for 45-60 minutes if making a loaf.
Preparation Time:
5 minutes
Cooking Time:
Servings:
10-15
Recipe Category:
SO HOW'D IT GO?
These muffins are amazing!! ;)b I make them a couple of times a month. I normally add both walnuts and chocolate chips. My non-veg friends love them, so do my two young sons. 8-)
Just made these, sub applesauce instead of the oil, used 2/4 c brown sugar because the bananas were ripe, added chocolate chips. My son said they were good. Pls excuse the picture of me-my sons friend didn't know what he was doing. It is a cute picture though ;) by the way, had extra batter left, made a small loaf. Can anyone tell me why baked things come out more chewy when you use applesause insted of oil? Just thought I would ask.
I forgot to mention, you can also sub soy yogurt instead of oil altogether and have a low fat, low calorie muffin. It turns out really moist, so you might want to cut down on the liquids when you do this.
Just made these, sub applesauce instead of the oil, used 2/4 c brown sugar because the bananas were ripe, added chocolate chips. My son said they were good. Pls excuse the picture of me-my sons friend didn't know what he was doing. It is a cute picture though ;) by the way, had extra batter left, made a small loaf. Can anyone tell me why baked things come out more chewy when you use applesause insted of oil? Just thought I would ask.
I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the amount of fat that is in the oil. It creates a different type of bind with the mixture and therefore a different consistency. If you want less chewy/cakey but want to reduce the fat, try making it half oil and half applesauce the next time. Also, you don't have to substitute it 1 for 1. For instance, if the recipe uses a cup of oil, you can use half a cup of oil plus a quarter cup of applesauce. But anytime you use applesauce in a cake, brownie, or muffin, you'll get a fluffier and chewier outcome.
These were really good! I used 1/3 cup of brown sugar and the rest splenda, with vanilla soy milk, and vegan butter....soooo yummy! ;)b
Yeppers-- good stuff!
I just poured/scooped the batter into a casserole dish and baked until done!
One reason I really like these is that they're sweet, but not overly so.
I do think a little nutmeg or cinnamon would make these even better!
I halved the recipe and used applesauce for margarine, whole for regular flour and a little less sugar. I also added some frozen cherries. They came out really well, thanks!
I just made these last night and they were kick ass good!
I added a bit more flour and some bittersweet chocolate chips and used EB butter
and baked them for longer then suggested, about 18-20 minutes on 350...
try them! 8)
Just made these, sub applesauce instead of the oil, used 2/4 c brown sugar because the bananas were ripe, added chocolate chips. My son said they were good. Pls excuse the picture of me-my sons friend didn't know what he was doing. It is a cute picture though ;) by the way, had extra batter left, made a small loaf. Can anyone tell me why baked things come out more chewy when you use applesause insted of oil? Just thought I would ask.
I just made these muffins. they turned out great. i decreased the sugar to half cup and used brown instead. i used whole wheat flour and i also added ginger and ground flax seed. i will make these again for sure! they are so light and fluffy! :)
very quick to put together, and very tasty, too.
i made the following changes that were probably unnecessary but based on personal taste and ingredient availability:
1/2c white sugar + 1/4c light brown sugar
1tsp almond extract instead of vanilla extract
1/3c corn oil instead of 1/2c margarine
a few healthy shakes of cinnamon
~1/3c optional chopped walnuts included
my picture isn't great, but my cat refused to not be in the picture, so i had to include it =)
oh yes, my oven runs cold, so i did these at 400 for 17 mins. and they were perfectly browned and moist at the same time.
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