Banana Bran Muffins

I spent quite a bit of time sussing through the reviews. There are some very astute bakers out there! Here were my recipe twists: cut butter in half, used 1/4 cup applesauce, cut sugar in half, added an extra banana, raisins, dried cranberries, chopped pecans. I cut the flour by a half cup and did a one to one with flour and wheat bran flour - 1 cup to 1 cup. I also added a couple of level tbsp of molasses.Right at the end of mixing I folded in a heaping cup of Raisin Bran cereal.I used a cookie scoop and made these muffins smaller because they are dense but oh so good.

So lovely as a high fiber low calorie muffin. I did take some suggestions. Added some spices (cinnamon, ginger, allspice, nutmeg) and also wanted additional bran so did half and half 1 cup wheat bran 1 cup flour. I also added a crumble cause..why not? it felt right. But it was such a nice touch. (1/3 cup brown sugar; 2 tbls flour; 1/4 tsp cinnamon; 1 tbls butter) sprinkle.For extra big muffin tops i let the mixture sit for around 15 minutes. Fill tins to the top. Alternate tins to leave more space for bigger muffins. Bake at 425⁰ for first 7 minutes and drop down to 350⁰ for the remaining cooking time (12 minutes) let cool 10 min before moving to cooling rack. Deeeeelicious

The muffins are great. The only changes I made was to substitute Greek yogurt for the milk and I used pecans instead of walnuts. Will make again. Next time I may add a bit more banana.

I used the basic recipe but made a few modifications. I added two additional tablespoons of butter; 1/4 c peanut butter protein, and 1.5 tablespoons of cocoa. They were amazing. I will definitely keep this recipe. Next time I am going to substitute monk fruit sweetener for some of the brown sugar.

I used the basic recipe but made a few modifications. I added two additional tablespoons of butter; 1/4 c peanut butter protein, and 1.5 tablespoons of cocoa. They were amazing. I will definitely keep this recipe. Next time I am going to substitute monk fruit sweetener for some of the brown sugar.

Delicious! Adding this to my favorites for use when bananas go overripe. Adding 1/2 c dried cranberries next time.

Very good and forgiving recipe, just not much rise on the muffins. I used a little more wheat bran because I ran out of all-purpose flour, and I melted my butter so i could mix everything in one bowl instead of taking out my mixer to cream the butter and sugar. Worked well! I also added in a half cup of raisins instead of walnuts, so we still got the boost of fiber. I would definitely make these again!