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Banana Blueberry Muffin Recipe

I love blueberries!  Here is a scrumptious recipe for moist banana-blueberry muffins.  They are great for a weekend breakfast or a tasty snack. I freeze leftovers to enjoy later.  If you have kids, baking is a great family activity.  Have fun baking!

Recipe created by Katie Jeffrey, MS, RD, CSSD, LD-N, CD-N

 Ingredients:

  • 1 cup All-Purpose flour
  • 1 cup Whole Wheat Pastry flour or White Whole Wheat flour
  • 1 tsp. Baking Soda
  • ¾ tsp. Cinnamon, ground
  • ½ tsp. Salt
  • 1 ¾ cups  Bananas, ripe and mashed (about 4 large bananas)
  • 2 tbsp. Canola oil
  • 2 large Eggs
  • 1 tsp. Pure vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup Reduced Fat Buttermilk or plain yogurt (6 oz)
  • 1/3 cup Light Brown Sugar, firmly packed
  • 1 ½ cups Blueberries

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.  Coat two 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray or line with paper and aluminum muffin cups.

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2. In a medium bowl, sift together the flours, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.  Mix well with a wire whisk or fork.  Set aside.

3. In a large bowl, mash the bananas.  Add one egg at a time, whisking after each addition.  Add the oil, vanilla extract, and sugar and whisk well.  Whisk in the buttermilk or yogurt.

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4. Stir in half of the flour mixture at a time.  After each flour addition, mix until just combined.

5. Pour batter into prepared muffin pan, filling each tin almost to the top. Bake for approximately 20-minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of one of the muffins comes out clean.

6. Let cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.  Carefully remove muffins from pan.  If used cooking spray, run a knife around the muffins to loosen and remove them.

7.     Enjoy warm or allow to completely cool before storing in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.





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