Oatmeal Banana Muffins with Flax Seeds Recipe

Hola Amigos! Glad to be here a the blog today sharing  with you my first "from scratch" muffins!

You know me, I'm still yet to conquer my fear of baking sweets from scratch, the flour, the baking powder, the not over mixing, it's all a big headache for me and I tend to avoid those at any cost! But once in a while, with deep breaths and fire extinguisher at hand, I get enough courage to try something simple and safe.

Perhaps one day I'll do something more daring, for now, these muffins are just what I need.

I think I fell I little more comfortable because it was one of my mom's  easy recipes, designs for her baking impaired daughter. If something was to go wrong on the first try, I could always call her and ask for help. I know you must be thinking how could I mess up muffins...believe me I Can!

They have  a little extra healthy crunch with the Flax, but that's about it..I even put some glaze over because to my hubs it is not a muffin if it doesn't have glaze...that sounds more like a cupcake to me..but I'm here to please.

Thank goodness they came out perfect and I feel confident enough to share the recipe with you. If I can do it, You can too!

Thank You for your visit today! It's always a blessing when we have the chance to share our achievements with friends no matter how little they are. Keep in mind my friends, that everything tastes better with a Pinch of Love!

Besitos,

Lizy

Oatmeal Banana Muffins with Flax Seeds

Ingredients

3/4 Cup Oatmeal

3 Ripe Bananas, mashed
3/4 Cup Sugar
3 Eggs
3/4 Cup Butter or Margarine
1 tsp Salt
1/4 Cup Honey
2 Cups Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 -1 TBSP Flax Seeds
Directions:
Heat Up oven at 375 F and prepare your muffin pan with light oil . In a large bowl cream sugar and butter. Add eggs and mashed bananas, mix and add honey. 
In a separate bowl combine dry ingredients and add them slowly to the wet ingredients mix. Mix only till ingredients are moist and integrated, in other words avoid over mixing it. Pour the mix on your prepared muffin pan and bake for 18-20 minutes until a toothpick in the middle comes out clean! Remove from oven, let them cool and enjoy. 
Note: Glaze is not necessary, but if you want the extra touch of sweetness like the hubs did, these are the ingredients and directions for the glaze.
Glaze
1 1/4 Cup Confectioner's Sugar
1/4 Cup Butter, melted
1 tsp Clear Vanilla extract
2 TBSP Hot Water
Blend sugar and butter well. Add vanilla, stir. Add hot water until is smooth.If you want a thinner glaze add a little more hot water.

Prep Time 5 minutes                                Cook time 18-20 minutes                 Serves 12 muffins

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Brown Sugar and Spice Muffins

"There are two ways to live your life. One as though nothing is a miracle. The other as though everything is a miracle."

Albert Einstein




Wow, the holidays are here! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! The weather is chilly here. I don't seem to remember how cold it gets here in Western Washington. The Summer comes, and I blissfully forget of the winter before, leaving me cold and dumbstruck when it arrives again.



Mix wet ingredients with dry

We've lived here 5 years now. Maybe it takes longer than that to forget a lifetime of year round warm weather in Southern California.

Don't mix it too much, just until it's combined

This is the kind of food I like to eat when the weather is cold. Warm, simple food with yummy spices. This muffin recipe is super easy. Really. Add dry ingredients in a bowl, add wet in another bowl, and fold together gently. That's it! Which makes these muffins easy to whip up in a hurry.

Scoop batter into greased muffin tin

With the holidays upon us, and families visiting, having an easy muffin recipe with simple ingredients in your back pocket is a good thing.

  

Right out of the oven

These muffins will please even the most discerning guest. They are moist, and flavorful, with a sweet cinnamon sugar top. Heartwarming food that will comfort you on a cold day.

Vintage Paragon teacup (below) available in my Etsy shop, House of Lucien.

House of Lucien is having a big CYBER WEEK SALE! Take 20 % off anything and everything using coupon code, CYBERMONDAY2012. Coupon good till Friday, 11/30/2012.

House of Lucien is also on facebook!

Brown Sugar and Spice Muffins

These would also be tasty with some raisins, or other dried fruit, or nuts added


Ingredients

Dry:

2 cups (300 g.) all-purpose flour

1 cup (200 g.) brown sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

3/4 teaspoon allspice

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

1 1/2 tsp. ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

Wet:

2 large eggs, at room temperature

1 1/4 cups plain yogurt or sour cream

1/3 cup (78 ml.) vegetable oil

1/4 cup (59 ml) unsweetened applesauce

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

For Topping

cinnamon sugar

ground nutmeg

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 Degrees Fahrenheit, 190 degrees Celsius, Gas Mark 5. Spray or grease a 12 count muffin tin. Set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients. In a medium bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients. Add the wet ingredients to the dry, and gently fold the mixture into the dry mixture. Don't mix it too much, your muffins will be tough if you do. Just mix it enough to blend it, then stop.

Scoop the batter into the muffin tins using an ice cream scoop. Sprinkle tops of muffins with a little cinnamon sugar, then top them with a little freshly grated nutmeg.

Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 20 minutes, (check after 18 minutes.) Let the muffins cool on a wire rack in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove the muffins from the tins by running a knife along the edge to loosen, then remove and let cool on a rack, or remove them and serve them!