Applesauce Blueberry Muffins
I've got my first 2 dozen in the oven cooking, and will be adding to and editing this post for the next hour or so.
Okay so I started with my basic banana bread recipe, one that I frequently make into muffins instead, and decided to triple my recipe because I've got several hungry mouths who eat lots (my older boys and hubby will eat 1-1/2 dozen between them); it's a two bowl, one larger than the other recipe. However today I don't have bananas dark enough so I substituted applesauce, something I have done before often, 3-1/2 cups. Then I put in 3/4 cup of oil, nothing changed there, then I put in 3/4 cup of honey and 1/2 cup of molasses (so you should end up with 1-1/4 cup of liquid sweeteners, but can decrease honey to 1/2 cup) for the
sugar, then the eggs, well all I have are the tiny eggs from my neighbor so I put in 4 of these little darlings (instead of 3 normally when I triple the recipe). This is in bowl [bigger] One, mix them all together well.
Now for Bowl Two: okay, while I was digging [in my freezer] for blueberries, I found a bag with graham cracker crumbs, along with my ground flax seed meal wheat germ. I pulled them all out with the blueberries., then I started measuring. 2-1/2 cups of graham cracker crumbs, then about 1/2 cup
each of the flax seed meal & wheat germ (bought both of these from Smith's in the baking aisle, they are
Bob's Red Mill). Then I added 3 cups of flour & 1 cup of rolled oats (oatmeal). Then for the leavening: I put in 4-1/2 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. of baking soda (recipe called for 3/4 tsp, but since I used honey I just rounded up to a full teaspoon), 1 tsp cinnamon (rounded up again from 3/4 tsp, 'cuz I like cinnamon).
With the electric mixer running in liquids bowl, dump in dry ingredients slowly, mixing carefully after each addition. Then add 2 cups of fresh or frozen blueberries, and if desired 1-2 cups of chopped nuts or sunflower seeds; I didn't because my pecans are frozen and I don't have any sunflower seeds.
Baking: well the
website said that you should decrease the baking temperature by 25 degrees, but I decided to keep the temp at 350 deg Farenheit. Still am figuring out how long, as I've been cooking 2 dozen [regular-sized] muffins at a time. Normal cooking time for 1 dozen muffins is 18-20 minutes.
Okay cooking time for 2 dozen is 25-28 minutes!! I got exactly 4 dozen muffins by using my 1/4 cup ice cream scoop, I put a heaping scoop into each muffin cup.
Now... here's the original Banana Bread Recipe
1-1/2 cups flour
1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 [lrg] egg
1 cup mashed bananas
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup oil
1/2 tsp. lemon zest (optional)
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Mix flour, cinnamon, baking powder and soda together thoroughly. Mix egg, sugar, bananas, oil, and zest together thoroughly; add dry ingredients to wet ingredients 1/3 at a time, mixing well after each addition; fold in nuts. Bake in a greased 4x8 or 5x9 loaf pan at 350 degrees Farenheit for 20-30 minutes.
