Oatmeal Banana Muffins {Honey-Sweetened}
These lightly sweetened oatmeal banana muffins are hearty, healthy and delicious. Honey-sweetened and tasty with white OR whole-grain flour, they are the perfect easy breakfast or snack that you can make ahead and freeze.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups (5.25 ounces) quick cooking oats
- 1 ¼ cups (6.25 ounces) all-purpose flour see note
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 large ripe banana (about 4.5 ounces) peeled and mashed
- ¼ cup (3-ounces) honey see note
- ¾ cup milk
- ½ cup neutral flavored oil like canola, vegetable or avocado oil
- chocolate chips for sprinkling, optional
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners or grease with nonstick cooking spray.
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In a medium bowl, combine quick oats, flour, baking powder, and salt and whisk to combine. Set aside.
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In another medium bowl, whisk the egg lightly. Then add mashed the banana, honey, milk, egg, and oil, and whisk to combine.
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Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the wet ingredients add a handful of chocolate chips, if desired. Stir lightly with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula just until the dry ingredients are moistened. Do not overbeat or muffins will be tough and shot through with tunnels.
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Divide the batter evenly between the muffin cups (I like to use a #20 cookie scoop). Sprinkle tops with chocolate chips, if desired. Bake in preheated 425 degree oven for 15 minutes or until the muffins are lightly brown, tops spring back to the touch, and inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Recipe Notes
1. I often make this recipe with part or all whole-grain flour (same weighted amount) and the muffins are hearty, healthy and delicious.
2. Make sure the banana is plenty ripe. It should have brown spots on it like a cheetah. We call them cheetah bananas. ;)
3. For crystallized honey, heat it in the microwave for about 30 seconds so that it incorporates better into the batter as you mix it.
4. I often double or triple this batch to make muffins to freeze. It is best if frozen the same day as made (cool and pack into ziplock bags). We reheat our frozen muffins in the microwave for 30 seconds.