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Cranberry-Walnut Banana Muffins

Dry Ingredients:
 
2 1/2  Cups Whole Wheat Flour, I use white whole wheat flour
1         teaspoon Baking Soda, Baking Powder, Ground Cinnamon
1         Pinch Salt
1         Cup Walnuts
1/4      Cup Dried Cranberries
 
Wet Ingredients:
 
3        Bananas, very ripe
3        Eggs
7        Ounces Greek Yogurt, plain, low fat
1/2     Cup Apple Sauce
1/4     Cup Maple Syrup or Agave or half of each
3         Tablespoons Olive Oil

New Taste Thinking
This website is full of muffin recipes. I love muffins because they are delicious, filling and healthy, which happen to be the three ingredients that go into all of my recipes. They also make a great grab-and-go snack and can be a real lifesaver when you are on the run.

Heat Oven To 350 Degrees
 
 
Using a medium size mixing bowl:
 
Measure and sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt together.

 
Place walnuts into the bowl of a food processor.
 
Run the machine for a few seconds to chop the nuts.
 
You can also chop them on a cutting board.
 
Add walnuts to the mixing bowl.

 
Sprinkle cranberries into the bowl.
 
Use clean hands to toss and mix ingredients together.
 
Be sure to separate the cranberries as they tend to stick together.

 
Gather and measure all wet ingredients.
 
Peel bananas and crack open eggs.
 
Place wet ingredients into food processor bowl.

 
Run the machine to turn ingredients into a liquid puree.
 
You can also do this in another mixing bowl by mashing everything together with a large whisk.

 
Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients.
 
Use a spatula to gently mix and fold ingredients together.
 
Be sure to scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl with every fold.
 
Do not over-mix ingredients, the batter should be a little lumpy.

 
Lightly spray or rub a few drops of oil on a muffin pan.
 
Use two spoons or a scoop to fill the muffin cups.
 
Try to portion the same amount of batter for each muffin.

Place muffin batter into the oven.
 
Bake for 32 minutes.

Remove muffins from the oven.
 
Let muffins cool for about 10 minutes and remove from pan.
 
Eat now or freeze:
 
Let muffins cool completely and wrap each muffin in plastic wrap.
 
Place wrapped muffins into a freezer bag.
 
Freeze muffins until needed.
 
To defrost muffin just leave it out for an hour.

 
 
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