Banana Prune Muffins

Lowered baking time by 5 minutes, came out perfect.

Used other people’s suggestions; chopped prunes with flour, and used1/2 Splenda, 1/2 sugar and wheat flour. Added 1 tsp of cinnamon (hubby can never have enough cinnamon). Hubby loved them, I thought they were ok. Would add walnuts next time for a little more texture.

4.22.19 I think prunes often have an “image problem,” simply because many people don’t understand they’re just dried “plums.” Don’t often do this, but I took some liberty with this recipe based on reading the reviews. My opened pkg of diced prunes had been sitting around for a while and were VERY dry/brittle, so I rehydrated them in some boiling water for about 5 minutes, then drained (made them super tender in the muffins). Almond is a good complement to dried plums, so I sub’d almond extract for the vanilla and increased it to 1-1/2 tsp. I also used Truvia® Baking Blend and Egg Beaters® as subs for the sugar and eggs, but stayed true to the amounts in the recipe. A good number of reviewers said these muffins were bland, but these were some of the tastiest muffins I’ve had in a very long time, simply chockablock full of flavor. With the first bite, you get the incredible sweetness from the prunes, then the subtle banana kicks in. They’re moist, tender, just perfect muffin texture. For a variation on flavor, I could see adding some lemon zest, allspice, pecans, or walnuts. I know, I know, I made changes to this recipe, but this was a total success today, and I will make these muffins the same way in the future. This was a superb breakfast muffin this morning.

I like the taste. they smell good. but i used fruit preserves (mixture of bluberry, cranberry, pomegranate, acai) instead of pitted prunes. added 1/4 sugar because the preserves has a bit of sourness.

I like the taste. they smell good. but i used fruit preserves (mixture of bluberry, cranberry, pomegranate, acai) instead of pitted prunes. added 1/4 sugar because the preserves has a bit of sourness.

This recipe is simple and the muffins are DELICIOUS! Hot muffins with cold milk. This recipe made me forget how much I've always disliked prunes. Hahaha...