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    Home » By Ingredient » Fruits » Banana

    Published: Dec 11, 2015 · Modified: Dec 26, 2019 by Usha Rao

    Morning Glory Muffins

    Last spring when I visited one of my cousin’s I borrowed couple of cookbooks from her. The main reason for borrowing the books was Cooking from Cookbook Challenge, though I have not cooked much from these cookbooks yet. I bookmarked a few recipes but did not get time to cook or bake anything from those books. Today’s bake is from one of those cookbooks. It is a healthy bake with zero butter and oil. The only oil used is to line the muffin cups. These muffins are a good way to start the day.

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    Use of whole wheat flour / atta gives the muffin a different taste but tasted good. I felt the muffins need more sugar but more I ate the muffins, I felt the natural sweetness from the dates took care of the sweetness. Husband liked these a lot and gobbled of 6 muffins in a span of ½ a day. I shared half of the bake with couple of my friends and they too seemed have liked the muffins. Since these are made with whole wheat flour, oats and less sugar, I am not sure if kids would really enjoy the muffins but for adults, it is a great way to start the day.

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    Photography Rant - Second and third images (above & below) were shot in jpeg and the first one is RAW image processed in Lightroom. I tried processing RAW images of the last two and failed miserably. Since I am shooting both in RAW + JPEG, I picked JPEG ones. The first image, I liked this RAW image better than the camera processed JPEG image. And don't ask me what that brown thing is in the back. Those are walnuts and I know those are a distraction in that image. I could not effectively remove the walnuts from the frame during post production and it was too late to retake pictures again as I had none left. So the brown thing is still in the frame. 🙁

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    Source: Cooking Light, way to Cook Vegetarian
    Total Time: 30 - 32 minutes
    Preparation: 10 minutes
    Bake Time: 20 - 22 minutes
    Yields: 18

    Ingredients:

    • 1 cup (4.75 oz.) Whole Wheat Flour (I used atta)
    • ½ cup (2.25 oz.) All-Purpose Flour
    • 1 cup Regular Oats (I used old fashioned oats)
    • ¾ cup Brown Sugar (I used dark)
    • 1 tbsp. Wheat Bran (I used Oat Bran)
    • 2 tbsp. Baking Soda
    • ¼ tsp. Salt
    • 1 cup Plain Fat Free Yogurt
    • 1 cup mashed Ripe Banana (about 2 bananas)
    • 1 large Egg
    • 1 cup chopped Pitted Dates
    • ¾ cup Walnuts
    • ½ cup chopped Dried Pineapple
    • 3 tbsp. Ground Flaxseed, about 2 tbsp. whole (I used almonds)

    Preparation:

    • Preheat the oven to 350F.
    • Place muffin/cupcake liners in muffin or cupcake pan and spray with cooking spray. I used 6 cupcakes pan and 12 disposable muffin cups.
    • Take flours, oats, brown sugar, oat/wheat bran, baking soda, salt in a bowl and whisk until well combined.
    • Combine yogurt, mashed banana and egg in a bowl.
    • Make a well in the flour mixture and pour yogurt mixture in it. Stir or whisk until moist. I used a hand held mixture.
    • Fold in dates, walnuts and pineapple pieces.
    • Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
    • Sprinkle flaxseed or almond powder on muffins.
    • Bake for 20 - 22 minutes or until muffins spring back up when lightly touched on the top. I also did a doneness test by inserting a toothpick in the middle and it came clean.
    • Remove the muffins immediately from the pan, cool on a wire rack.
    • These stayed good for almost 2 days at room temperature, when stored in an airtight container.

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    1. Srivalli says

      January 29, 2016 at 1:29 am

      I like all the pictures usha, though as you said in the first pic those walnuts didn't work best to act as distraction, maybe you could've added something to the left of the picture too, to create an uniform distraction...I love these morning muffins, yet to try my hands on those!

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    2. Priya Srinivasan says

      January 13, 2016 at 12:27 pm

      Yummy way to start your day!! Pretty muffins!

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    3. Pavani says

      January 05, 2016 at 1:38 pm

      Delicious and healthy muffins. Nutritious way to start a day!!

      Reply
    4. Mireille Roc (@ChefMireille) says

      December 25, 2015 at 3:12 pm

      what a healthy and delicious way to start the day

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    5. sapana says

      December 20, 2015 at 7:10 pm

      Morning glory muffins looks so glorious.Nice one.

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    6. Sujas Kitchen says

      December 13, 2015 at 5:23 pm

      Beautiful muffins - loving all the flavors here. Beautiful pics! I esp like the blue background you've used, Usha.

      Reply
    7. Priya says

      December 12, 2015 at 11:46 am

      Omg, just want to have a muffin rite now, love all the ingredients went in it.

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    8. Sowmya:) says

      December 12, 2015 at 10:28 am

      Yummy muffins...want to eat one right away!

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    9. Amara says

      December 11, 2015 at 5:55 am

      Muffins look Yummy, good healthy breakfast:)

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