Low Fat Banana Nut Muffins Food

LOW-FAT BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon. Combine remaining ingredients; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Coat muffin cups with cooking spray or use paper liners; fill cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until muffins test done. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.

LOW FAT BANANA MUFFIN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F / 205°C. Grease a non-stick muffin tin, or line a muffin tin with quality paper. See the tips in the post about preventing this low fat muffin from sticking to the paper.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the wheat bran, flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and ginger.
• In a medium bowl, beat together the sugars and eggs using a hand mixer on low speed for about 30 seconds, until everything is mixed. Add in the milk and vanilla extract and beat for 10 seconds on low speed. Add in the mashed bananas and apple sauce, and beat for another 10 seconds until everything is all mixed.
• Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the banana mixture. Using a spatula, fold the ingredients together until the batter is just mixed, being careful not to over mix the batter. Set aside and let stand for 5 minutes.
• In the meantime, wash and dry the blueberries. Toss the blueberries in the flour so they are lightly coated.
• Gently fold the blueberries into the batter, reserving a 12-24 blueberries to place on top of the muffins if you desire.
• Evenly divide the batter into the muffin cups. Place the reserved blueberries on top of the muffins, pushing them in so only the tops of the blueberries are not tucked in the batter.
• Bake for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350°F / 176°C. Bake another 25 minutes or so, until a toothpick inserted into the muffins come out clean.

NO-FAT BANANA APPLESAUCE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Combine the dry ingredients and mix well. In a separate bowl, mix all the wet ingredients. Add together and mix well.
• Pour into muffin tin.
• Bake for 15 - 20 minutes. (My oven baked right around 17 minutes.).
• (Per muffin: 116 calories, no fat).

LOWER FAT BANANA NUT CHIP MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and spray the muffin tin with cooking spray.
• Place the applesauce and sugar into a mixing bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat until fluffy.
• Add your eggs, beating after each one. Then add the mashed banana and beat well.
• Add one cup of the flour, the salt, the baking powder and baking soda, and mix. Pour in about half the milk and mix.
• Now add the additional 1 cup of flour and the rest of the milk and mix.
• Using a wooden spoon add the vanilla, pecans, and chocolate chips. Mix just until moist.
• Pour into your muffin tins and bake for 13-18 minutes or until just browned. Let cool on a wire rack.

LOW FAT BANANA NUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine first 8 ingredients in a blender. Mix until bananas and nuts are smooth. Empty mixture from blender into a bowl and stir in remaining ingredients. Mix well. Pour into muffin cups. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.

DIETETIC BANANA NUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 12 cup muffin tin, or line with paper muffin liners.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar substitute, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, mix together the egg whites, mashed banana and applesauce. Add the wet ingredients to the dry, and mix until just blended. Fill prepared muffin cups 3/4 full.
• Bake for 15 to 18 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top springs back when lightly touched. Allow muffins to cool in the pan over a wire rack for a little while before tapping them out of the pan.

MULTI-GRAIN BANANA MUFFINS (LOW FAT, TOO!)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine the oats and buttermilk in a small bowl; let these sit while you prepare the other ingredients.
• Mix the dry ingredients (including the cinnamon and nutmeg) together in a medium mixing bowl.
• Mash the banana until it's nearly smooth--measure once the fruit is mashed, of course.
• Add the egg, oil, sugar, and vanilla.
• After stirring those together, add in the oat-buttermilk mixture.
• Add the wet ingredients into the dry, stirring just until the dry ingredients are absorbed and no large lumps remain.
• Refrain from over-mixing.
• Grease twelve muffin cups.
• Spoon the batter in, filling the cups evenly to about 2/3 or 3/4 full.
• Bake 25-30 minutes, until the top is slightly springy when gently pushed with a finger.

LIGHTER BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease or line 10 muffin cups.
• In a medium bowl, combine eggs and bananas. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, salt, sugar and baking soda. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture. Fold in walnuts if desired. Pour batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.