"Guilt free" Banana Muffins

If your family is anything like my family, we have a steady amount of over ripe bananas around. Over ripe banana's make the perfect banana bread, or in this case, banana muffins. And here's a top tip, if you have one or two over ripe bananas and no time to bake, freeze them until you have either more banana's or time to bake.

I love this recipe because it is a more healthy version of banana bread, still very tasty without all the butter and sugar, and uses whole wheat flour. It really is as close to "guilt free" banana bread as you can get, without loosing the comforting taste or texture. How's that for a winner?!

Here is a copy of the original recipe, its for banana bread, I made it as a loaf the first time, but ever since then I have made muffins for the sake of saving time and portion control.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/7155/whole-wheat-banana-nut-bread/

Ingredients:

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup honey

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

1 cup mashed bananas

1 3/4 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 cup hot water

1/2 cup chopped nuts

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

2. In a large bowl, beat oil and honey together. Add eggs, and mix well. Stir in bananas and vanilla. Stir in flour and salt. Add baking soda to hot water, stir to mix, and then add to batter. Blend in chopped nuts. Place batter into a muffin tin lined with muffin cases.

3. Bake for 12 - 15 minutes depending on your oven. Cool on wire rack for 15 mins (if you can wait that long!) before serving.

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