Banana Muffins

Another great recipe from Cassie....

Follow the link for the recipe. The blackberries didn't work with the bananas for me personally, but the banana part of the muffin was so good! Really, really good! Next time, I'm making plain banana muffins.

Apple Carrot Muffins

A nice breakfast treat... May not be healthy overall, but it has some healthy components!



Raisin bran cereal, apples, carrots, yogurt...

APPLE CARROT MUFFINS

1 3/4 cup raisin bran cereal
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
3/4 cup buttermilk or plain yogurt
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup grated Granny Smith apple (about 1 apple)

3/4 cup grated carrots (handful of baby carrots)
1/4 cup chopped walnuts

Line a muffin pan with paper muffin cups and coat with vegetable oil cooking spray; set aside. Combine cereal and next 5 ingredients in a large bowl; set aside. Whisk the egg, buttermilk and oil in a small bowl until combined well. Stir into cereal mixture just until moistened. Fold in apple, carrot and walnuts. Fill muffin cups 3/4 full.

Bake at 400 degrees for 20 to 23 minutes. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pan.

Yield: 12 muffins

Variation: Use miniature muffin pans. Bake for 12 minutes. Yields 30 mini-muffins.

Naturally, I made some substitutions: I used a Gala apple and pecans. Also, I did not have buttermilk on hand (who does?) nor did I have plain yogurt. I used a Weight Watchers amaretto cheesecake flavored yogurt, worked just fine!