Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Oat Bran Banana Walnut Muffins...

1/4 cup corn or canola oil
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs, well beaten
1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
2/3 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/4 cup whole-wheat flour
1/4 cup oat bran
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. sea salt
3 large fully ripened bananas, peeled and mashed
2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, blend oil and sugar. Add beaten eggs. Blend well.

In a separate bowl, mix together oats, flours, oat bran, baking soda, and salt; add dry ingredients to egg mixture. Add bananas and vanilla. Stir just until combined.

Lighly coat cups of nonstick muffin pan with cooking spray. Divide batter evenly among cups, about 1/4 cup each. Batter will fill 12 cups. Press walnuts on top of muffins.

Bake in middle of oven for 25 minutes, or until tops are golden and tester comes out clean. Cool muffins in pan on rack for 10 minutes. Remove muffins from cup and cool on racks.