low calorie

banana mmmuffins

these little guys are quite tasty and low calorie, not to mention quick to whip up:

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INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 cup whole wheat flour (next time I’ll do 1/2 cup wheat flour, 1/2 cup oatmeal)
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup old fashioned oats (next time bump up this amount and decrease flour)
  • 1 cup mashed bananas (3.5-4 large bananas)
  • 1/4 cup splenda (will probably eliminate next time)
  • 3 tablespoon egg whites (you can use one large egg but that’s more calories)
  • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce

DIRECTIONS:

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • In bowl mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, oats with a whisk.
  • In another, larger bowl mash bananas really well along with splenda, egg whites, vanilla, applesauce.
  • Slowly add dry ingredients to banana mixture.
  • Scoop mixture into muffin tins (should make 12 muffins).
  • Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes/toothpick comes out clean.

NOTES:

I found these to be too sweet, but I’ve pretty much cut out added sugar from my diet. Next time, I will eliminate the splenda and possibly add a sprinkle of brown sugar on top before baking. Of course you could use regular sugar if that’s your jam.

I added the oats at the end when it dawned on me that I was originally wanting to make banana oatmeal muffins. Next time I make these, they will be done with 1/2 cup wheat flour, 1/2 cup oatmeal.

Before baking, I added mini chocolate chips to the tops of 6 of the muffins. With or without the chocolate, they are super sweet (hence wanting to eliminate the splenda next time). These would be awesome with some nuts, too.

12 muffins as followed calculate (on MyFitnessPal) out to 65 calories a muffin.