I have found a truly amazingly delicious healthy enough for my standards recipe! I am excited to share this. I tried it today, and one of my kids gobbled one down, so I think we are making progress. The other two kids just took little nibbles, but that's to be expected. It sounds too healthy to be tasty and I don't think I would have tried it except for all the great reviews but they are delicious! So, here is my adaptation of this recipe from allrecipes:
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup wheat bran
1/4 cup quick cooking oats
1/4 cup wheat germ (I think that's what I used, but I'm not sure because it was from an unlabeled bag in my cupboard)
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup blueberries
1 banana mashed
1 cup buttermilk (I used 1 cup milk and 1 tsp lemon juice)
1 egg
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla extract (oops, I guess I forgot to put this in)
Mix dry ingredients first, then add the blueberries. Then mix wet ingredients and add them all to the dry ones. Fill muffin tins all the way to the top. Bake at 350 for 15-18 min or until top springs back when touched.
Next time I make these (which will be very soon) I will use craisins instead of blueberries. My daughter thought she wanted blueberry because she likes blueberry bagels (probably made with imitation blueberries) but she didn't like the big gooey bluberry blobs in this. I think she will really like it with craisins though and I think the craisins will help soak up a bit of the moisture and dry them out a bit as they were quite moist. I really really liked them, although you wouldn't want to gobble down the whole batch yourself.
2 comments:
I have all these ingredients except the wheat bran. I mean, I even have wheat germ still in my cupboard from a few years ago when I bought it to make granola bars, I think. Anyway, do I need to go buy wheat bran? What's the difference between it and wheat germ? Do you know? Do you think I can make these muffins just with what I have? They look yummy, and I'm glad to hear your positive report. I mean, I even have blueberries!
Go ahead and make them without the bran. The original recipe called for oat bran but I bought wheat bran instead just because it has a bit more fiber and you know all about my fiber quest for my kids. But you don't need all that extra fiber probably so I would just leave it out. Maybe add something else instead, or double the wheat germ. I think ground flax seeds would work. But I don't think it would alter the texture much if you just left it out.
Post a Comment