I have never been so thrilled or excited to see and taste these muffins. I am not a big lover of banana bread because normally, in my opinion – and its all about me, they are way overpowered with bananas. But these have a hint of banana and also have coconut, applesauce, and molasses for depth of flavor. The coconut makes it sweet and provides an interesting texture, but again, not so much to make it all about one flavor. These simply are scrumptious!
Yum!
Banana Bread Muffins
Yields 24 muffins
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/2 cup quick-1 minute oatmeal
1/2 cup pecans or walnuts
2 to 2.5 medium bananas
1 brown egg, lightly beaten, preferably from a local farm
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup granulated cane sugar, preferably organic
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup applesauce
1/3 cup shredded coconut
1/8 cup molasses
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line muffin pan with paper liners.
Mash bananas in small bowl, stirring in vanilla, then set aside. In a food processor chop pecans and set aside. Next, chop oats in processor and then combine, in a large bowl, with flour, baking soda, and salt.
Melt butter in a separate bowl and then stir in sugar until it has completely dissolved.
Next, mix in the applesauce, molasses, beaten egg, and coconut; stirring well.
Thought this picture was neat
Make a well in the bottom of the dry mixture and stir in butter mixture until almost combined but not completely.
Here is what the 'well' should look like before mixing in liquid ingredients
Then mix in the banana mixture and pecans, being careful to not over stir. Fill muffin cups with 1 1/2 to 2 tbsps of batter.
How full my muffin liners were
Bake at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes, turning pan halfway through.
Enjoy!
Jessica
I love the ingredients for these muffins (and they look great, too!). I’m not a huge muffin person, but I would be tempted to try making these.
Lovely! I love banana bread and banana muffins, and am never intimidated by them tasting too banana-y. That said, I love the addition of molasses here. I’ve recently been making an oatmeal bread with molasses and had forgotten what a deep and complex flavor it can add to baked goods. Thanks for sharing!
More bananas the better!!
I’m going to try them, but without the:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/2 cup quick-1 minute oatmeal
1/2 cup pecans or walnuts
1 brown egg, lightly beaten, preferably from a local farm
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup granulated cane sugar, preferably organic
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup applesauce
1/3 cup shredded coconut
1/8 cup molasses
he he he
(Today I will be mainly keeping myself busy by posting comments on other blogs that include the word ‘banana’ – us banana mentioning blogs must stick together!!)
Oh my goodness, Jessica! I made these today and they are awesome! I didn’t have pecans, so mine don’t have nuts. And, I only had one banana, but they have plenty of banana flavor. I love coconut so I think these taste delicious, and Hugh just told me they taste “like icing” – huge compliment! Thanks for the great recipe.