Multi-grain Banana Muffins (low Fat, Too!)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1/4 oat bran
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup oats
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 1/2 cups mashed bananas (use very ripe fruit)
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 combine the oats and buttermilk in a small bowl; let these sit while you prepare the other ingredients.
• 3 mix the dry ingredients (including the cinnamon and nutmeg) together in a medium mixing bowl.
• 4 mash the banana until it's nearly smooth--measure once the fruit is mashed, of course.
• 5 add the egg, oil, sugar, and vanilla.
• 6 after stirring those together, add in the oat-buttermilk mixture.
• 7 add the wet ingredients into the dry, stirring just until the dry ingredients are absorbed and no large lumps remain.
• 8 refrain from over-mixing.
• 9 grease twelve muffin cups.
• 10 spoon the batter in, filling the cups evenly to about 2/3 or 3/4 full.
• 11 bake 25-30 minutes, until the top is slightly springy when gently pushed with a finger.