As you may have noticed... I'd much rather cook than bake. This surprises my mother since she and both my grandmas are award winning bakers. I have two faults... I lack patience and like to improvise. These are two things that you cannot do when baking. Therefore, my baking skills are not the greatest. I did have one banana that was turning awfully ripe on the counter and haven't had banana bread in ages. As you will noticed, I did quite a bit of improvising in this recipe as well. I keep forgetting I'm out of cinnamon and didn't have any sour cream or walnuts on hand. However, these turned out delicious with all my improvising. You are welcome to try them either way!
Banana Oat Muffins
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 25 min
Servings: 12
Ingredients
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon rolled oats
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
***I substituted with sliced almonds
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
***I substituted with nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 cup mashed ripe banana
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup sour cream
***I substituted with 1 cup strawberry yogurt (plain yogurt will work too, but all I had was strawberry)
For Topping
1/3 cup rolled oats
4 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons butter, chilled
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
***I was super lazy and only sprinkled brown sugar and oats over the tops. They worked out fine.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.Place 1 cup rolled oats in a food processor and
process until ground. In a large bowl, combine ground oats with flour, 1
tablespoon rolled oats, chopped walnuts, baking powder, cinnamon and
salt. In a separate bowl, cream together the butter and
sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir
in the banana and vanilla. Stir in sour cream. Mix oat/flour mixture
into egg mixture. Spoon batter into prepared muffin pans.
To make Topping: In a small bowl, combine 1/3 cup
rolled oats, brown sugar, cinnamon. Cut in butter until mixture
resembles coarse crumbs; stir in 1/4 cup chopped walnuts. Generously
sprinkle muffins with topping.
Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, until
golden brown and a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.
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***Muffin pans and myself do not get along (I got a few muffin tops this time since the bottoms stuck). I always forget to buy liners and therefore (even with crisco or cooking spray) they don't turn out right for me. My husband is getting used to everything being baked as a bar in a 6x6 pan instead.
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