Yesterday I organized the freezer...well, really I just moved a couple things around...and I found a hoard of frozen bananas. The thing is I hate eating brown bananas, even if they are even just slightly brown I find they taste too sweet and mushy. I would rather eat green bananas than brown ones. Anyway, whenever a banana turns to brown for my liking I chuck it in the freezer. Which is how this came to be...
Something had to be done. Tracy had spotted some Banana Blueberry Oatmeal muffins on a blog earlier and these frozen bananas were practically screaming "Bake us into MUFFINS!" even though there is currently Wholewheat Apple muffins and Blueberry Bran muffins in the freezer!So, I did. I thought I'd post the recipe and maybe a few of you are in the same frozen banana predicament I was in and could use a little help getting rid of them! *The recipe will be written in full form at the end of the post*
First, preheat that oven to 350F and prepare the muffins cups! Either line them with liners or spray them with oil or butter them with butter. Odds are the difference. I only had 3 liners so I did the rest with oil.
Grab one egg and crack it into a bowl...
These eggs were given to us by one of the instructors at school. His father-in-law raises chickens and so he gave us a dozen. Aren't they beauties? All because we gave him loaf of homemade sourdough for Christmas!
Mash the bananas and eggs together!
I used a potato masher but a fork will do too!
Something had to be done. Tracy had spotted some Banana Blueberry Oatmeal muffins on a blog earlier and these frozen bananas were practically screaming "Bake us into MUFFINS!" even though there is currently Wholewheat Apple muffins and Blueberry Bran muffins in the freezer!So, I did. I thought I'd post the recipe and maybe a few of you are in the same frozen banana predicament I was in and could use a little help getting rid of them! *The recipe will be written in full form at the end of the post*First, preheat that oven to 350F and prepare the muffins cups! Either line them with liners or spray them with oil or butter them with butter. Odds are the difference. I only had 3 liners so I did the rest with oil.
Combine all the dry ingredients in a food processor and pulse 10 times.
Grab one egg and crack it into a bowl...These eggs were given to us by one of the instructors at school. His father-in-law raises chickens and so he gave us a dozen. Aren't they beauties? All because we gave him loaf of homemade sourdough for Christmas!Peel two frozen bananas that have thawed at room temperature for a couple hours.
Mash the bananas and eggs together!I used a potato masher but a fork will do too!Add some canola oil:
And some honey, which I didn't have enough of because of a previous granola making adventure, so I just added a touch of cane sugar too:
And add some buttermilk...or milk with a splash of vinegar!
And some vanilla extract:
Mix that all up real good. You don't want big lumps of honey so make sure it's really mixed in.
Now add in the dry ingredients that we pulsed earlier:
...and mix just till the dry ingredients are moistened. It should look like this:
Now is when you add in the blueberries!
Mix gently and just until it's is barely all combined...lumps are good!
Pan them up filling the cups 3/4's full. I use a 1/3 cup measuring cup.
Pop them in the oven and bake fro 25-30 minutes until a toothpick inserted into a centre muffin comes out clean.
And some honey, which I didn't have enough of because of a previous granola making adventure, so I just added a touch of cane sugar too:And add some buttermilk...or milk with a splash of vinegar!And some vanilla extract:Mix that all up real good. You don't want big lumps of honey so make sure it's really mixed in. Now add in the dry ingredients that we pulsed earlier:...and mix just till the dry ingredients are moistened. It should look like this:Now is when you add in the blueberries!Mix gently and just until it's is barely all combined...lumps are good!Pan them up filling the cups 3/4's full. I use a 1/3 cup measuring cup.
Pop them in the oven and bake fro 25-30 minutes until a toothpick inserted into a centre muffin comes out clean.Let cool and enjoy!
B-A-N-A-N-A Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins
3/4 cup oats
3/4 cup white flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 large egg
1 large egg
1 cup mashed banana, either frozen and thawed or just ripe bananas from the fruit bowl
1/3 cup canola oil
1/3 cup canola oil
1/4 cup honey
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup frozen blueberries
Preheat the oven to 350F. Line/grease 12 muffin cups.
Combine all dry ingredients in a food processor. Pulse 10 times.
Mash together egg and banana. Mix in oil, honey, buttermilk, and vanilla.
Add dry ingredients to wet and stir briefly just to moisten. Add in the blueberries and mix until just combined.
Scoop the batter into the muffin tin and bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Let cool.
Makes 12 muffins
2/3 cup frozen blueberries
Preheat the oven to 350F. Line/grease 12 muffin cups.
Combine all dry ingredients in a food processor. Pulse 10 times.
Mash together egg and banana. Mix in oil, honey, buttermilk, and vanilla.
Add dry ingredients to wet and stir briefly just to moisten. Add in the blueberries and mix until just combined.
Scoop the batter into the muffin tin and bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Let cool.
Makes 12 muffins
2 comments:
Hi Rev. I like the new look of your blog. Your muffins look yummy, and I learned something - stir until just moistened means some dry stuff showing is O.K. Thanks Chef!
Love you,
Chantelle
Thank you Chantrelle! I wanted to change it up a bit!
It is always a pleasure teaching someone something new!
Love you lots and miss you tons!
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