Bread Recipe ‹ Blueberry-Lemon Muffins

Choose your favorite extract, spice, and fruit to make nutritious muffins with the ingredients you have on hand.

Ingredients

• 2 medium ripe bananas, mashed
• ¾ cup packed brown sugar
• ⅓ cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 ¼ teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup quick-cooking oats
• 1 cup fresh blueberries

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease twelve 2 1/2-inch muffin cups.
2. Stir together bananas, brown sugar, applesauce, egg, and lemon extract in a large bowl. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, ginger, and baking soda in another bowl.
3. Add flour mixture and oats to banana mixture; gently stir just until combined. Do not overmix. Fold in blueberries. Spoon batter evenly into prepared muffin cups.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove muffins from pan, transfer to a wire rack, and let cool completely.

Nutrition Facts

• calories146.9
• carbohydrateContent32.7 g
• cholesterolContent15.5 mg
• fatContent1.2 g
• fiberContent2.8 g
• proteinContent3.1 g
• saturatedFatContent0.3 g
• sodiumContent387 mg
• sugarContent17.8 g