Based on an old recipe of my mother's. These are fantastic. Delicious, easy, and fast. I made them for breaky following a 12-mile run and they did not take an arm-chewingly long time to bake.
Ingredients
- 2 c. flour (I used "white whole wheat")
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp each cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, and ginger
- 1 egg
- 1 really overripe banana, frozen, thawed, and mashed
- 1/4 c. brown sugar
- 2 T. margarine, melted
- 1 1/2 c. (skim) milk
- 1/4 c. each chopped dates and raisins
- dark chocolate chips to taste (I used a tablespoon or two - all I had left)
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Nuke some water in a dish for 40 seconds, then add dates and raisins. Make sure they are covered (with water) and leave to soak.
2. Mix dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt, spices). Add chocolate chips.
3. Mix wet ingredients (including sugar). Drain raisins and dates and add.
4. Mix dry into wet. Don't overmix.
5. Spoon into greased muffin tins, about 1/4 c. per tin. Bake ~20 minutes (mine went 18). Makes 12 puffy delicious muffins.
Notes
*0/7. Serve with butter and jam. Mmm.
*By my estimation, about 140 calories per muffin, depending on your margarine and the amount of chocolate chips you use. Compare that to ~400 calories/muffin when you buy them at the store. I win.
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