Banana Muffins

A perfect and delicious way to use up ripe bananas!

Makes 12 muffins.

Amount (imperial) Ingredients Amount (metric)
½ cup
½ cup
2 ½ tsp
¼ tsp
¾ cup
2 tbsp
¼ cup
½ cup
2
1
½ cup
3 tbsp
All-purpose flour
Whole wheat flour
Baking powder
Baking soda
Rolled oats
Sugar
Lightly packed brown sugar
Raisins (optional)
Ripe bananas
Egg
Milk
Margarine, melted
125 mL
125 mL
13 mL
1 ¼ mL
188 mL
30 mL
63 mL
125 mL
2
1
125 mL
45 mL

 Directions: 

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F (175°C).
  2. Put the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder and baking soda in a large bowl. Stir in oats, sugar, brown sugar, and raisins, if desired. Set aside.
  3. Mash bananas in a medium bowl. Add egg, milk and melted margarine. Mix well.
  4. Stir banana mixture into the dry ingredients. Stir just until blended. Do not over mix.
  5. Lightly grease 12 large muffin cups in a muffin tin. Put the muffin batter into the muffin cups, about 2/3 full.
  6. Bake in oven until the tops are firm when lightly touched with your finger, about 18 to 20 minutes.
  7. Remove muffins from the muffin tin and cool.

Substitution:
Use fluid milk or make enough from skim milk powder.

Adapted from: The Basic Shelf Cookbook, 2011 Edition, Canadian Public Health Association