Banana Applesauce Muffins

I’ve already had four of these muffins today. I don’t know if it’s me – because I’m ravenous all the time – or because these muffins are wonderful. You probably have all the ingredients on hand. Borrow an egg from a neighbor if you’re out. Does anyone do that anymore? It’s such a quaint custom. Mash up the bananas with your fingers and cut back on the sugar a bit, if you want. I’m going back to the kitchen for another one. Somebody stop me, please.

Banana Applesauce Muffins
makes 12

Ingredients:

• 2 ripe bananas
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup applesauce
• 1 cup white whole wheat flour
• 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mash bananas and mix in sugar. Stir in the remaining ingredients, until the flour is just incorporated. Pour batter into prepared muffin tins and bake for approximately twenty minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.

Tagged as: breakfast, muffins, snack, vegetarian

About the Author: Jillian Bedell

Jillian grew up in Connecticut, went to university in Boston, college in New Haven, did some post-grad soul searching in New York, exiled herself to Mexico, married her longtime sweetheart, and lived in a house on the ocean. She suspected Maine might be the perfect place to raise a family, so she came back home to New England two years ago. Now a mom to Violet Maeve and living in Rockland, where she hopes to settle for a good, long while, Jillian reads, writes, walks, and practices Nia, when not watching Malcolm photograph sandwiches.