Banana Nut Muffins

Apparently I'm on a bit of a muffin kick, but these are DELICIOUS!

Ingredients:

- 1 cup pecans (you can also use walnuts)

- 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

- 3/4 cup granulated white sugar

- 1 tsp. baking powder

- 1/4 tsp baking soda

- 1/4 tsp salt

- 1 tsp ground cinnamon

- 2 eggs, lightly beaten

- 1/2 cup unsalted butter

- 3 ripe large bananas (the riper they are, the sweeter the muffins will be), mashed

- 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions:

- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

- Cut butter into small pieces and melt in the microwave (about 30-45 seconds should do it) and then set it aside to cool

- In a large mixing bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nuts using a fork or a whisk. Set aside.

- In a medium mixing bowl, combine the mashed bananas, eggs, melted and cooled butter, and vanilla.

- Using a rubber spatula, fold banana mixture into your flour mixture just until combined. Do not overdo it because then you'll end up with tough muffins.

- Spoon batter evenly into 15 paper-lined muffin cups and bake for 18-22 minutes.

- Allow to cool on a wire rack.

These muffins are fabulous right out of the oven! Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 233

Total Fat: 13g

Carbs: 28g

Protein: 3.4g

Blueberry Streusel Muffins

Ingredients:

- 1 cup milk

- 2 eggs, lightly beaten

- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract

- 3 cups all-purpose flour

- 1 cup granulated white sugar

- 1 Tbsp baking powder

- 1/2 tsp salt

- 1/2 cup unsalted butter

- 2 cups fresh blueberries (frozen blueberries can be used)

- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted

Directions:

- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Muffin Batter:

- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

- Cut cold butter into small pieces and blend in using your hands (using a mixer will result in a big mess) The mixture should look like coarse crumbs.

- Remove one cup of the mixture and set aside to use as streusel topping.

- Add milk, beaten eggs, and vanilla to the mixture and blend just until combined (blending for too long will make baked muffins tough)

- Finally, gently fold in blueberries.

Streusel Topping:

- drizzle melted butter over the flour mixture you set aside earlier

- use a fork to mix together (mixture should be crumbly)

- Line 18 muffin cups with paper liners

- Spoon muffin batter into cups evenly

- sprinkle a couple of teaspons of the streusel mixture over each muffin

- bake for 18-22 minutes

- Enjoy!

Nutritional Info:

- Calories 197.7

- Fat 7.2 g

-Carbs 30.1 g

-Protein 3.5 g