A statement I often make is that I don’t bake. This may be because I have no patience, never have the ingredients on hand and have a penchant for setting dishtowels (or myself) on fire whenever I put carbs in the oven (why can I cook everything else in there??), but as I proved last week, I like to break my own rules.
My first project turned the remnants from almond-milk-making adventures into almond-maple crispy-cookies. I’m a chewy cookie gal, but I’ll still rank these as “pretty darn good.”
I’ve also been celebrating weekend mornings with excuses for more maple syrup oatmeal scones on the patio (with a good book and hot cup of black coffee). Good to the last bite.
And not only have I been baking–I got out a real camera. Despite my dislike of my camera (and the fact that I accidentally put my foot in half my photos and had to toss them due to the lack of appetizing-ness of feet), I think I got a pretty snazzy shot (for me) of the simple muffins I whipped up for me and my dad on Father’s Day.
Simply Good Stuff Banana Muffins
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup white flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup oat bran
- 1t baking soda
- 1t baking powder
- 1/4t salt
- 1/2t cinnamon
- 4 bananas, mashed
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/2t vanilla
- Add-ins of choice: I used almonds and dried cranberries. Because I had almonds and dried cranberries.
Mix your dry ingredients, mix your wet ingredients, add your wet to your dry. Pour into a lightly oiled muffin tin. Pop in a 375 degree oven for 18 minutes. Don’t set anything on fire.
This recipe makes 9-10 dense-yet-fluffy and moist-yet-textured muffins that are perfect for breakfast or portable snackage.
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Do you bake? What’s your favorite (baked good) recipe?
ForgottenBeast 
I just got a juicer this week (so now I can make almond milk!) so I’m definitely going to have to try those cookies!!!
Oh man, I bet almond milk would be even easier to make with a juicer! Still just use my old blender for it, but man, so much tastier than the store version!
These muffins look so good! Almonds and dried cranberries? Yes, please!
My favorite thing to bake is BAR COOKIES. I love cookies so much, but sometimes I don’t want to scoop every damn one individually, so I just press those suckers in a 9×13 and bake for however long because it doesn’t matter because underbaked cookies are SO GOOD.
Ahaha, I love your logic! I never make bars, but apparently I should because cookies + even easier to make?? Heaven. And YES to underbaked. Or just plain ol’ dough. Going to admit I still make all my cookies vegan, just so I can scarf half the dough before it makes it to the oven…
Totally! The dough is the best part and eating it is the Baker’s Privilege. It’s definitely a thing 😉
Daaaamn girl! You’ve turned into the baking queen!
I love banana anything!
Baking is my jam. Cookies, cakes, scones… I just lke to try new things. 🙂
Wanna come bake scones for me?
Sure!!!
Haha…. moist 😉
I haven’t baked in YEARS. I used to do it all the time. Cakes, brownies, muffins… then I tried to make protein versions of these things and scarred myself for life!
Hah, I love how many people have an issue with that word! I never even think about it, until I use it and someone either cringes or giggles 😀 And OH MAN have I had some protein baking disasters. Some people manage to make such good-looking treats, but I don’t think I’ve ever had success baking with protein powder.
Just reading the title of this post I went, “OMG Allie baked!” Hahaha. Can you please post foot photos on instagram at least? That’s almost as cool as #publicbanana. You could start calling it a #footbomb or something. I’d be into it.
I hate (dislike?) baking, too. But damn it it tastes good sometimes. It’s just usually ugly.
PS – Your photo looks rad.
Ah I bake once in a blue moon…and I’m not ashamed to say that I want to break my streak with a box of Betty Crocker peanut butter brownies I have in the pantry ;)! These sound yum- I’m a sucker for anything baked good involving bananas…even better when nuts are involved (TWSS)!
I have such a weakness for banana bread/cupcakes, anything banana. Love the flower garnish you added!
I do like a good banana muffin!
Oh God I bake too much. I LOVE to bake, and then I love to eat everything that I bake before I get the chance to share. My pants don’t appreciate that. These treats all look so good.
The muffins sound wonderful and the photo is Great, Allie! Those cookies sound tasty too…guess i have to make the almond milk first to have the stuff to make the cookies?!?!
We were particularly moist on Friday, huh!
I love this picture; it is fabulous, and I would scarf down those muffins like there’s no tomorrow. I’m digging the addition of oat bran too.
I like when you break rules. Now I want banana muffins!
I made nut milk at my last cooking class at Whole Foods, and we were all thinking, “What does one do with all of this delicious leftover nut mush?” Apparently….make crackers.
I am no longer allowed to bake.There was a cinnamon roll incident and I determined that it is just better not to have baked goods around me. But I admire your ability to actually keep scones around for breakfast on more than one day. 🙂
Oh, don’t get too impressed, I have to make “for one” servings sizes because, yes, whole batches will disappear. Almost instantly. And almond meal cookies are amazing, almond meal crisps are amazing, almond meal pancakes are okay enough…There are so many magical baking uses for delicious nut mush!
i want to try making these muffins but noticed there’s no eggs or oil, is that intentional? or was it left out of the recipe by accident? (i am not an experienced baker but i think i always use those 2 in my baking so i was just curious!) thanks!
If you use that many bananas, you just don’t need eggs or oil! You still get gorgeous moist muffins–the magic of bananas, haha.
thanks for replying, makes sense and another reason to love bananas!
Beeeeeeeeautiful pic m’dear!! Gwageous! And yeah, so glad to hear I’m not the only accident prone pyro around here…I can’t even tell you how many pot holders and dishtowels have been taken from this Earth too soon! *tear* For that reason (among others) I will never call myself a baker, but I do have a couple of recipes that I’ve surprised the hell out of myself with. My coconut banana bread being at the TOP of that list! I’ve actually been thinking about making it again soon with a different variation or two…we’ll see!