Monday, April 26, 2010

Monkey Muffins

Monkey Muffins
12 servings

1 cup flour
3/4 cup quick cooking oats
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 cup milk
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup mashed ripe banana
1 egg, beaten
2 tablespoons vegetable oil or apple sauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chocolate chips (optional)
for topping
1/4 cup flour
2 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar

Preheat oven to 375. Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners. Combine 1 cup flour, oats, 1/3 cup brown sugar, and baking powder. Whisk together milk, peanut butter, banana, egg, oil, and vanilla. Add banana mixture to dry ingredients, mixing just until moistened. Fill prepared muffin cups 3/4 full. In a small bowl, stir together 1/4 cup flour, melted butter and 2 tablespoons brown sugar. Sprinkle topping evenly over muffins. Bake in preheated oven for 18 minutes, until golden brown. Serve warm and enjoy!


Nutritional Information Per Serving Calories: 226, Total Fat: 11g, Cholesterol: 25mg, Sodium: 147mg, Total Carbs: 27g, Dietary Fiber: 1.7g, Protein: 6.2g (made using oil and no chocolate chips)

2 comments:

Dog Trot Farm said...

The Monkey muffins look delicious, I am going to whip some up first thing in the morning. Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

A dear friend discovered your blog and shared it with me and I enjoy visiting it - thanks for the great looking recipes. I tried the Monkey Muffins today and loved them. I made some without chocolate chips and some with and both were delicious. Thanks so much! www.twelvefeet.blogspot.com