Banana Bran Muffins with Strawberry Butter

Banana Bran Muffins with Strawberry Butter

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 35 mins
  • Yield: 12muffins
  • Ingredients

  • 1 2/3 cupsall-purpose flour
  • 1teaspoonbaking powder
  • 1/2 cupbutter, firm
  • 1teaspoonbaking soda
  • 2/3 cupnatural bran
  • 1/2 cupnuts, chopped
  • 1egg
  • 2/3 cupbanana, mashed
  • 1/2 cupplain yogurt
  • 1/2 cupbrown sugar, packed
  • 1tablespoonmolasses
  • Strawberry Butter

  • 1/2 cupbutter, softened
  • 1/2 cupstrawberry jam
  • Directions

  • Preheat oven to 375F (190C). In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and baking soda.
  • Cut in butter with pastry blender or two knives until mixture is crumbly.
  • Stir in bran and nuts.
  • In a medium bowl, lightly beat egg; stir in banana, yogurt, brown sugar and molasses.
  • Add to dry ingredients, all at once, stirring just until moistened.
  • Divide batter evenly among 12 medium greased muffin cups.
  • Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
  • Cool 10 minutes in cups on wire racks.
  • Remove from cups and let cool completely.
  • Serve with Strawberry Butter.
  • Straw berry Butter: Cream together 1/2 cup (125 mL) softened butter and 1/2 cup (125 mL) strawberry jam.Makes about 1 cup (250 mL).
  • TIP: Add a topping treat to your muffins before you bake them.Over batter in muffin cups, sprinkle quick-cooking rolled oats, cinnamon and sugar, sesame seeds or chopped nuts.
  • Reviews

  • “These muffins turned out great despite my short-cuts!I haven’t hand mixed any kind of dough for years.I softened the butter, cut a banana in four pieces and threw all the muffin ingredients together in my handy dandy kitchen machine. In thirty seconds I was ready to fill muffin cups.I didn’t make the strawberry butter, as I prefer a plain muffin without any topping.Thanks for the recipe.I plan on making another batch tomorrow.”

  • “Tasty combination of banana and bran even with plain old butter. Thanks for sharing.”

  • “These muffins were very good, with a nice txture and flavor.The strawberry butter is pretty and taste s great.thanks Dancer”

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