Saturday, September 3, 2011

Kicked-Up Healthy Banana Muffins

I've tinkered around with banana muffins for years.  This is my current favorite.

Banana muffins
dry team:
1 cup whole wheat white flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp clove
1/4 tsp all-spice
1/4 tsp cardamom

wet team:
3-4 mashed ripe bananas
1/3 cup plain Greek yogurt (vegans can use soy yogurt)
1 egg, beaten (can be replaced by 1/4 cup applesauce)
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup walnut pieces
1/4 cup raisins, soaked in hot water, drained

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Once you've assembled the dry and the wet teams in two separate mixing bowls, combine them and pour into 12 greased (can use either ghee, butter, or veg shortening) muffin cups.  These will bake for about 15-18 minutes until golden brown and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.  Spicy!