Banana Muffins

My search for a simple dessert-like recipe for my son lead me to banana muffins. Everyone loved the original recipe, which contained a lot of sugar. My reduced sugar version received rave reviews from all three children. The adults prefer the original but are happy with the new version, too.

Ingredients:

3 ripe bananas

1/4 cup expeller pressed canola oil

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup applesauce

1 cup all purpose flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

2-4 tablespoons Enjoy Life semi-sweet chocolate, chopped

(Original recipe: replace 1/4 cup sugar with 1 cup sugar, take away applesauce)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl, mash bananas, add oil, sugar and applesauce. Cream together. In separate bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, and chocolate. Stir all ingredients together. Line a muffin or mini-muffin pan and fill 2/3 full with batter. Bake for 25 minutes for muffins or 13 minutes for mini-muffins or until toothpick inserted into muffin comes out clean.

Rating:

5/5 like it

Food Allergy/Intolerance Notes:

Enjoy Life is the only brand of chocolate chips I have found to be safe for my 1 year old. We use If You Care brand of baking cups since they are chlorine-free, allergen free and environmentally friendly.