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Healthy Banana muffins with applsauce
Anneke Silva

Healthy Banana Muffins with Applesauce

5 from 14 votes
These Healthy Banana muffins with Applesauce are healthy, hearty, and delicious. The outside is slightly crisp, while the insides are soft and moist. They are sweet, with a nutty flavour from the bran, and perfectly complimented by the wild blueberries. These banana muffins are incredibly simple recipe to prepare, and I think it will become a favourite in your home too.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 5 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings: 24 muffins
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 115
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Quick Applesauce
  • 4 medium Granny Smith Apples Peeled and roughly chopped
  • 1 cup Water
Banana Muffins
  • 1.5 cups Wheat Bran
  • 1.5 cups All Purpose Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp Ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp Ground nutmeg
  • 2/3 cup Dark brown sugar
  • 1 cup Wild Blueberries
  • 1 cup Applesauce homemade if possible
  • 3 Large eggs
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla extract
  • 5 Overripe bananas mashed

Equipment

  • Kitchen Aid Professional mixer (optional)
  • Large Bowl and Whisk (If not using mixer)
  • Loaf Pan (or Muffin Pan if making muffins)

Method
 

Applesauce
  1. Peel and chop the apples and place them in a pot with the water.
    Chop the apples and place them in a pot with the water.
  2. Cook for 20 minutes on medium until softened.
    Cook for 20 minutes on medium until softened.
  3. Blitz in a food processor until smooth.
    Blitz in a food processor until smooth.
Healthy Banana Muffins
  1. Preheat your oven to 325 F.
  2. Pour your applesauce, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract into the bowl of your stand mixer.
    Prior to mixture of oil, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract in stand mixer.
  3. On low speed, mix until the sugar has absorbed the liquids and has a creamy texture.
    Mixture of oil, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract in stand mixer.
  4. Mash your bananas and add them to the batter.
    Mash your bananas and add them to the batter.
  5. Add your wheat bran, flax meal, baking soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg to your liquids.
    Add your wheat bran, flax meal, baking soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg to your liquids.
  6. After your dry ingredients are incorporated into your wet, stop and scrape down the bottom and sides of your bowl. This will ensure that you don’t have any blobs of flour or baking powder in your final batter.
    Final batter for healthy chocolate chip banana bread.
  7. Fold in your blueberries (bring batter from the bottom to the top). This will incorporate your blueberries without crushing them.
    Fold in your blueberries (bring batter from the bottom to the top). This will incorporate your blueberries without crushing them.
  8. Line your muffin or loaf pan with parchment paper.
    Line your muffin or loaf pan with parchment paper.
  9. Fill your muffin or loaf pan no more than 3/4 (the batter will rise) and put it in your preheated oven on the middle rack.
    Loaf pan and muffin pan filled with chocolate chip banana bread batter.
  10. Bake for 30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
    Bake for 30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.

Notes

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