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Day: February 20, 2011

Best Muffin Ever

February 20, 2011 by gracefulfitness 42 Comments

Muffin tops are so 1997…today it’s all about filled muffins…

Not convinced yet?

How about now?

Yeah, I thought so. 🙂

This is my second batch of these since Friday!  A second batch was necessary because

a. I wasn’t thrilled with Friday’s results

b. I didn’t follow a recipe, measure, or write it down so I couldn’t share the details with you

But this morning I measured, tweeked, and am thrilled with the results so here goes

PBfull Banana Bran Muffins

Makes 6 breakfast muffins or 12 snack muffins

Preheat oven to 350* F

The Dry


  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/4 cup oats
  • 1/4 cup oat bran
  • 2 T whole flax seeds
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon

The Wet

In a food processor mix

  • 2 super ripe bananas
  • 1/2 cup plain fat free yogurt
  • 1 egg

Pour wet into dry

Mix well.  Batter should be very wet.

Now comes the best part.

Into the food processor goes

  • 1 very ripe banana
  • 1/3 cup salted peanut butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla

This would make the most AMAZING (vegan and sugar-free!) frosting for cupcakes.  It would be SUPBURB on top of oatmeal.  Who am I kidding, it even made my finger taste pretty damn good!

Butter and flour 6 muffin cups

Step 1: Scoop just under a fourth of a cup of batter into each cup.

Step 2: Blob a heaping tablespoon of the pb-banana filling into the center of each cup of batter.

Step 3: Top with another scant 1/4 cup of batter.

The top two are in step 2 and the bottom two step 3.

Top each muffin with a tiny pinch of organic brown sugar.

Set muffin tin on the top rack of oven and bake for 15 minutes.

Leave muffins in tin for 5-10 minutes before removing and setting on wire rack to finish cooling.

I think one of the tricks to low-fat muffin baking (no added fat in the batter!) is to make sure not to overcook them.  These might seem a little doughy when they come out but by the time they cool they should be perfect.

Perfectly DELICIOUS!!!!

These muffins are 100% whole grain, low-fat, high fiber, fruit-sweetened goodness.   Don’t expect sweet and light, these babies are dense and not overly sweet.

Each muffin has about 230 calories, perfect for breakfast if paired with fruit and/or yogurt.  If you prefer more of a snack size, you could stretch the batter and filling out for 12 muffins.  For smaller/more muffins just put about 2 tablespoons of batter on bottom, 2 teaspoons of filling, cover with another 2 tablespoons of batter, more or less.

They could easily be made vegan by using non-dairy milk or apple sauce in place of the yogurt, a flax egg, and paper liners for the muffin tin.  If you try it let me know!

Next up: PB&J muffins!

And then I whipped up some coconut butter truffles.  You know, since the food processor was already set up and all. 😉

Plain and Cocoa-Lavender Salt.

Happy muffin-ing!

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Coming Soon…

February 20, 2011 by gracefulfitness 2 Comments

…the recipe for PBfull Banana Bran Muffins!  Tomorrow morning, promise.

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