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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Banana-Date Muffins





This morning, breakfast for teen son was Banana-Date muffins and Strawberry-banana smoothie. I had very ripe bananas waiting to be made into banana bread but decided at the last minute to bake the batter in silicone muffin cups. It turned out very moist when I added molasses to the brown sugar. Here is the recipe for Banana-Date Muffins:

2 large very ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 cup plain yogurt
2 eggs
2/3 cup melted butter
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
2 cups cake flour
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 Tbsp bead molasses
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/4 cup chopped dates

Preheat oven to 350 F. Puree banana, yogurt, eggs, vanilla and melted butter. Set aside.
Sift cake flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and kosher salt. Slowly add banana mixture and blend at medium speed till fully mixed. Fold in chopped dates.
Pour batter into silicone muffin cups and bake until muffins are done. A toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake should come out clean. Remove from the oven and cool completely. Yum!

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