banana wee-germ muffins

By sanmo_babe

Ingredients

• 1 Cup All Purpose Flour
• 1 Cup Wheat Germ
• 1 Tsp Baking Soda
• 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
• 1 Tsp Salt
• 3 Medium Very Ripe Bananas, mashed, plus 1 banana sliced approx. 3/4 inch thick for topping
• 1/2 Cup Agave
• 3 Tbsp Vegetable Oil
• 1 Tbsp Vanilla
• 1 Large Egg

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine flour, wheat germ, baking powder, baking soda, salt in a bowl.
3. In a standing mixer combine the 3 mashed bananas, agave, oil, vanilla and egg. Beat until combined.
4. Gently mix in the dry ingredients in 3 stages until just combined. Do not over-mix.
5. Grease or line muffin cups or mini loaf pans and fill 3/4 full with the mixture.
6. Place the slices of banana on top of each filled muffin cup or decoratively over the loaf pan.
7. Bake 15 minutes for mini muffin cups, 20 for regular muffin cups or 25 minutes for mini loaf pans or until a toothpick comes out clean.
8. Cool and serve.