Banana Oat Muffins

Christina
Christina @cook_3000087
USA

These came about because I had some spotty bananas on my counter and just wanted to do something different with them than my normal banana bread recipe. Since my kids are crazy about muffins for breakfast, that's what I had on my mind. You can use just 1 1/2 total cup of either flours instead of mixing both of them with flaxseed like I do.

Banana Oat Muffins

These came about because I had some spotty bananas on my counter and just wanted to do something different with them than my normal banana bread recipe. Since my kids are crazy about muffins for breakfast, that's what I had on my mind. You can use just 1 1/2 total cup of either flours instead of mixing both of them with flaxseed like I do.

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Ingredients

  1. 1 cupold fashioned oats
  2. 3/4 cupmilk (any kind)
  3. 3/4 cupwhole wheat flour
  4. 1/2 cupall purpose flour
  5. 1/4 cupground flaxseed
  6. 2 tsp.baking powder
  7. 1 tsp.baking soda
  8. 1 tsp.ground cinnamon
  9. 1/2 tsp.salt
  10. 1/4 tsp.ground ginger
  11. 1 cupmashed banana (about 3 medium bananas or 2 large)
  12. 1/2 cupbrown sugar (or honey or maple syrup)
  13. 2large eggs, beaten, at room temperature
  14. 1/4 cupunsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
  15. 1/2 cupchopped walnuts (optional)
  16. 1/2 cupdark chocolate chips (optional)

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Start by stirring your oats into your milk in a large bowl and letting it sit for 1 hour to allow them time to soak.

  2. 2

    Once the oats have soaked for at least 1 hour, preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a muffin pan with liners or spray with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.

  3. 3

    In a small bowl whisk together both of the flours, the ground flaxseed, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger. Set that aside.

  4. 4

    Stir in the brown sugar, beaten eggs and melted butter to the milk and oats. Then add the dry ingredients to the wet and stir until just combined. If using an optional add in (such as nuts or chocolate chips) then fold that in now.

  5. 5

    Pour the batter into the muffin tins and place the pan into the oven. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the muffins comes out clean. You'll have a little additional batter left. I made 6 mini muffins with the remaining batter (same temperature for 8 or so minutes).

  6. 6

    Transfer the muffins to a wire rack to cool completely. As with most baked banana goods, the flavor of these is much better and more pronounced the next day.

  7. 7

    Store muffins covered at room temperature for 3-4 days.

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I love to bake and to try out new recipes! I'm always on the lookout for simple dinners for busy weeknights. A lot of the recipes I post on here are ones I've found on Pinterest or from different bloggers, and that I've tried and really enjoyed, but I always reference to where I got the recipe from in the recipe description and the pictures are my own. If there's no source listed, then it's a rare recipe that I came up with. I have two wonderful kids and I hope to pass on my love of cooking and baking to them.
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