Banana Spice Muffins

By Dianewaldron

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Whole Wheat or All-Purpose Flour
• 1/2 tsp Baking soda
• 1/2 tsp Ground Cardamom
• 1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp Ground Nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1/2 Cup Light Brown Sugar
• 1/4 Cup (1/2 stick) Softened Butter or Vegetable Oil
• 1 Cup (2-3 bananas) Very Ripe Bananas, mashed
• 1/4 Cup Unsweetened Applesauce
• 1/2 tsp Orange Zest
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 1 Egg
• 1/4 Cup Walnuts, coarsely chopped (optional)

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a standard 6-muffin tin with baking liners or grease well; set aside.

Put flour, baking soda, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt into a large bowl; set aside. Put sugar and butter or oil into a second large bowl and beat with an electric mixer until well combined. Add bananas, applesauce, zest, vanilla, and egg to the sugar-butter mixture, and beat again until combined. Add flour mixture to banana mixture in three parts, stirring well after each addition; fold in walnuts (opt.).

Spoon batter into prepared tin; bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.