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Domestic goddess, I am definitely not. But I do love to bake, though it is rare that I get the occasion. So when I saw a couple of bananas getting too brown on the counter, I seized the opportunity.
Banana bread is too much work for a busy scientist-mama, but banana oatmeal muffins can easily be in the oven 10 minutes after you start. Even if you don't have quite all the right ingredients. Recipe and a photo below the fold.
1.5 cup flour
1 cup rolled oats
0.5 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
0.5 tsp salt
2 eggs
0.25 cup milk
Ingredients as written in my cookbook
0.25 c. applesauce
3 medium mashed bananas
Ingredients as actually prepared
2 smallish organic mashed bananas
1 6 oz. jar of Earth's Best Organic Chunky Orchard Fruit baby food (leftover from Minnow's baby food days, consisting of apples, pears, apricots, and bananas)
In bowl, mix flour, oats, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt. Make a well in the center. In small bowl, beat eggs until frothy. Mix in applesauce, milk, and bananas. Pour into well. Stir just to moisten. Batter will be lumpy (duh!). Fill greased or lined muffin tins 3/4 full. Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 20-25 minutes.
Enjoy.
Comments
Uh, they look tasty. I always wanted to make something with bananas, I'll try yours next time I'll feel the urge to bake :-)
Posted by: Fia | September 27, 2008 4:05 PM
Yeah, banana bread! Banana, banana, go go, banana...
Posted by: Aerik | September 27, 2008 4:43 PM
Go bananas, b-a-n-a-n-a-s
Posted by: jennie | September 27, 2008 9:28 PM
What good timing. When my bananas get brown, I thrown them into a container in the freezer for the next time that I will make banana bread. I realized yesterday that I have two full containers now, so I need to do something with them.
Posted by: mommyprof | September 28, 2008 8:50 AM
I had some brown bananas that I've been wishing would magically make themselves into banana bread too--made the muffins today but added some walnuts and a bit of vanilla (baked goods just aren't baked goods without vanilla...) Yummy!
Posted by: Tara C. Smith | September 28, 2008 12:52 PM
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Batter will be lumpy (duh!).
I just love a recipe that does not fawn over the the cook-to-be...
...:minism:...
...tom...
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Posted by: ...tom... | September 28, 2008 6:23 PM
Will try this instead of banana bread next time, thanks. :)
Posted by: Candid Engineer | September 28, 2008 10:50 PM
I use both pears and bananas, no rolled oats, a bit of oil, and cocoa powder. Which reminds me that it's time to start again - this summer was way too hot to bake anything.
Oh, and a nonstick muffin tin.
Posted by: estraven | September 29, 2008 4:05 AM
SW, these look divine. Consider yourself an honorary domestic goddess.
I just love a recipe that does not fawn over the the cook-to-be...
What is this supposed to mean, ...tom...?
Posted by: Isis the Scientist | September 29, 2008 9:47 AM
Hmmmm...now I want to make banana bread in addition to the pie I made last night, the monkey bread I bought last night, and the cookies I still want to make.
That certainly looks like a yummy muffin :)
Posted by: NJS | October 3, 2008 3:10 PM