{"id":2825,"date":"2016-09-13T11:59:47","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T11:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betondinner.com\/?p=2825"},"modified":"2018-03-09T02:01:51","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T02:01:51","slug":"healthy-banana-applesauce-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/healthy-banana-applesauce-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Banana Applesauce Muffins."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Confession: shortly after I posted this whole wheat banana bread<\/a><\/span> recipe, I tried another, similar recipe from Cookie & Kate<\/a><\/span>\u00a0–\u00a0and I liked it a teeny bit better.<\/em>\u00a0So with a slightly guilty conscience, I kinda sorta switched to usually making that one.<\/p>\n

Recently I set out to make Kate’s recipe, only to realize that I was a little short of the cup of banana the recipe calls for. You know how you might have “2 bananas”, but they might be smallish or biggish and not produce the right amount once you mash them? And\u00a0because I hate touching and smelling (and seeing, and thinking about) soft squishy bananas, I don’t freeze them until I have enough\u00a0for baking, because opening that ziplock\u00a0bag to a gust of banana-scented freezer air is the wooorst.<\/p>\n

\"Healthy<\/a>Fortunately for me, I\u00a0can avoid dealing with my banana issues these days.<\/em><\/p>\n

I decided to make up the difference with applesauce. I only had one of those squeezy packs, though, so I squirted it into the\u00a0measuring cup – and then decided to add extra and\u00a0use up the whole pack. The bread turned out even better than usual\u00a0– super moist and light. Without me mentioning the small change I had made, my mom and Jay both noticed the difference!<\/p>\n

So: you can make healthy banana applesauce muffins no matter how many overripe bananas you have on hand! You don’t need an exact ratio of banana:applesauce, as long as the total amount is around 1-1\/4 cups for a dozen muffins.<\/p>\n

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All whole wheat flour in these babies.<\/em><\/p>\n

I included the measurements for 12, 18, or 24 muffins (or 2, 3, or 4 brown bananas), because it seems like I’m always struggling through the math to adjust the recipe according to how many bananas I have! The girls and I love having these around for breakfast or snacks, and they’re a great way\u00a0to stock your freezer<\/a><\/span>. Warm, with a little melty butter – banana applesauce muffins are my love language.<\/p>\n

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