Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1/4 oat bran
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup oats
1/4 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 cups mashed bananas ( use very ripe fruit)
1 eggs
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Combine the oats and buttermilk in a small bowl; let these sit while you prepare the other ingredients.
Mix the dry ingredients (including the cinnamon and nutmeg) together in a medium mixing bowl.
Mash the banana until it’s nearly smooth–measure once the fruit is mashed, of course.
Add the egg, oil, sugar, and vanilla.
After stirring those together, add in the oat-buttermilk mixture.
Add the wet ingredients into the dry, stirring just until the dry ingredients are absorbed and no large lumps remain.
Refrain from over-mixing.
Grease twelve muffin cups.
Spoon the batter in, filling the cups evenly to about 2/3 or 3/4 full.
Bake 25-30 minutes, until the top is slightly springy when gently pushed with a finger.
Servings: 12
Time preparation: 15 min.
Time total: 40 min.