Banana Oat Muffins

This recipe is adapted from Anne's Banana Oatmeal Muffins in the Among Friends cookbook by Roxie Kelley and Shelly Reeves Smith.  My oldest son loves oatmeal and this recipe is one of his favorite  after school snacks.  For me it's all about that crunchy, crackly, sugary top.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup oats, not instant

1 cup boiling water

3 bananas, mashed

2 eggs, lightly beaten

1 1/4 c. sugar

3/4 c. vegetable oil

1 cup buttermilk

1 tsp. vanilla

2 cups AP flour

1 cup white whole wheat flour

2 1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

 cinnameg sugar for sprinkling on top (1/4 c. sugar, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1/4 tsp. nutmeg, pinch salt)

PROCESS

Preheat oven to 375.

In a small bowl pour hot water over oats and set aside.

In a large mixing bowl stir together bananas, eggs, oil, buttermilk, vanilla and sugar.

Add flours, soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.    Mix until combined.  
Add moistened oatmeal and combine well.

Pour into 12 greased and or papered muffin cups or into greased loaf pan.

Bake muffins 21 minutes at 375.

Bake loaf 30 minutes at 375.

Linking with

Blueberry Bliss Muffins

I am going through pints of fresh blueberries like candy these days.  They seem to hop into my grocery cart all on their own and then cover my morning cereal, polka dot my fruit salad and on Saturday mornings, they beg to be baked into soft, warm muffins.

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2 cups unbleached, all-purpose flour

1/2 cup white whole wheat flour

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

dash of ground nutmeg

2 eggs, lightly beaten

1 cup regular sour cream (light does not work as well)

6 Tbsp. butter, melted and allowed to cool

one pint fresh blueberries

cinnameg sugar* for topping

PROCESS

Preheat oven to 350. Spray muffin tine or use paper liners.  (makes 18 muffins)

Whisk dry ingredients together.  Add wet and stir only a few times.  Add blueberries and fold in gently until batter is thick and blended. 

Scoop into tins and top each with a sprinkle of cinnameg sugar.

Bake  20-25 minutes.

*Cinnameg Sugar
In a small bowl mix together 1/4 cup sugar, 1 tsp. ground cinnamon, 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg, and a pinch of salt.

Linking up with 

All Things Inspired ~ Week 19 

and

 Tatertots and Jello.