It became obvious to me that I've been posting predominantly dinner recipes so I thought I would change it up and throw in a breakfast recipe. These muffins were soooooo goooooood, including good for you and low in fat. I love love love bananas and thus, banana muffins. Bananas have lots of great things in them: the potassium in bananas help prevent high blood pressure, they have fiber which helps you fight against heart disease, they are a very good source of B6 (something us ladies will find to be very important ;) ), they are a good source of Vitamin C, and they help your body absorb calcium which helps you build better bones.
Now the muffins I made are a very, VERY tasty alternative to the commercial muffin. My muffins totalled 217 calories per muffin, while commercial muffins weigh in at double that: generally around 450 calories per muffin. These muffins were very moist because of the bananas and they all disappeared within a few days.
(courtesy of the Barefoot Contessa)
Ingredients:
-3 cups all-purpose flour
-1 cup white sugar
-1 cup golden brown sugar
-2 tsp. baking powder
-1 tsp. baking soda
-1 tsp. salt
-1 tsp. cinnamon
-2 eggs, lightly beaten
-3/4 skim milk
-2 tsp. vanilla extract
-1 cup melted butter, cooled
-3 bananas, mashed
-1 cup rolled oats
-1 cup chopped walnuts
-1 cup shredded coconut
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line a muffin tin with muffin liners.
2. Sift the flour, sugars, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl. Mix in the cinnamon, eggs, milk, vanilla, and butter. Fold in bananas, oats, walnuts, and coconut. Scoop into the prepared muffin tins, only fill each buffin cup 2/3rds of the way. Sprinkle the top with more oats.
3. Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre most muffin comes out clean.
Nutritional Information:
(should yield 30 muffins, per 1 muffin): 217.7 calories, 10.3 grams of fat, 5.2 grams of saturated fat, 28.7 mg of cholesterol, 94 mg of sodium, 30.1 grams of carbohydrates, 1.4 grams of fiber, 16.9 grams of sugar, 2.9 grams of protein
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