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Banana-Cranberry Spice Muffins

Dynamite Dairy

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Think of these delicious muffins as spicy mini banana breads with tart cranberries. From eatbetteramerica.

Prep Time:15 min

Start to Finish:40 min

makes:12 muffins

1	cup Fiber One® original bran cereal
1	egg
3/4	cup fat-free (skim) milk
3	tablespoons vegetable oil
1	cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 medium)
1 1/4	cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1/2	cup sugar
3	teaspoons baking powder
1	teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4	teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4	teaspoon salt
1/2	cup sweetened dried cranberries

1.	Heat oven to 400°F. Grease bottoms only of 12 regular-size muffin cups with shortening or cooking spray, or use paper baking cups. Place cereal in resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag and crush with rolling pin or meat mallet (or crush in food processor).
2.	In medium bowl, beat egg, milk and oil with fork or wire whisk until well mixed; beat in bananas. Stir in cereal; let stand 5 minutes.
3.	Stir in remaining ingredients except cranberries until blended. Stir in cranberries. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
4.	Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately remove from pan to cooling rack. Serve warm.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No change.

Nutritional Information

1 Muffin: Calories 180 (Calories from Fat 40); Total Fat 4 1/2g (Saturated Fat 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 20mg; Sodium 200mg; Total Carbohydrate 32g (Dietary Fiber 3g, Sugars 15g); Protein 3g % Daily Value*: Vitamin A 4%; Vitamin C 2%; Calcium 10%; Iron 10% Exchanges: 1 Starch; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 2 MyPyramid Servings: 1 tsp Fats & Oils, 1 oz-equivalents Grains
*% Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

3 Reviews

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Review 1

These muffins were very tasty and easy to make I will definately make them again!
Posted at 4:31 PM on August 26 2009 by EmberDora

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I love these muffins, and make them often. They taste wonderful, but mine really don't rise as much as shown in the picture. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Posted at 12:35 PM on February 2 2009 by

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Delicious!

These muffins were easy to make and they were soo delicious! They were the perfect amount of sweet and spice, and I absolutely love banana bread. I am definitly making this recipe again!
Posted at 7:42 AM on January 17 2008 by Melisa