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If you have seen my latest video on YouTube, or read my latest blog, you know that I've been cooking (and baking) a lot lately. While I don't have the time to make cooking (or baking) videos from it, I thought I could at least blog about some of the recipes and post photos.
So, prepare thy-selves for some recipe blog posts!
(I honestly don't know how I didn't think of this before...)
This one is about my discovery of the ultimate muffin.
I have been baking for most of my life and I briefly attended culinary school for it, before an injury caused me to leave. I don't pretend to know everything - heck, when I watch "The Great British Baking Show", I'm lost half the time with what they're even talking about. But I do know a lot of things - and one thing I know is that I've never been a huge fan of the Muffin.
Some extravagant ones are good - like Coffee Cake Muffins, or those fat greasy blueberry muffins...but let's be honest - while delicious, those aren't very healthy.
The other night, I discovered we had a couple of over-ripe bananas sitting on the counter, and as a baker, I don't like to let those go to waste. I had already made banana bread earlier that week, so I didn't want to do that again - and I also felt like putting another fruit in there, like apples.
I searched online for a banana apple muffin recipe, and found one that looked pretty good. I decreased the sugar in the recipe, since Mike and I aren't fans of super sweet things, and I figured both fruits would be sufficient for the sweetness of the muffin. I made the muffins, and MAN...these are the most amazing muffins ever. They're barely even muffins! They're more like a baked oatmeal thing with fruit inside.
I'm sharing this with you because you HAVE to try these. Only 8 grams of sugar per muffin, too! (Yes, I painstakingly did the math) That's not too shabby! The original recipe differs slightly, but I always tweak recipes to my liking. Below is exactly how I made them. This recipe makes 12. (Please ignore my weird random countertop things in the background - I like to drink coffee and snack while I bake, haha)
If you try this recipe, leave a comment and let me know how it turned out! Personally, I'm going to be making these muffins a lot when I'm in the mood for something fruity and not super unhealthy. My original batch didn't even last a day in our house, haha.
In case you want to try it or compare, the link to the original recipe is: http://www.food.com/recipe/banana-apple-and-oatmeal-muffins
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