There are times that I find myself with a whole bunch of overripe bananas. They’re too ripe to eat and too ripe to freeze but I don’t want to throw them out. To deal with this problems, I’ve collected some recipes that use these bananas. One is a chocolate chip banana bread; the other is banana blueberry muffins.
While I love both recipes, the muffins are a little more practical for daily use. Plus, they last longer (the banana breads never lasts more than 48 hours in my house). I’m not really sure where I got this recipe so I apologize to the creator for not being able to give proper credit.
Banana Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients:
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 cups mashed banana (about 4 mashed bananas, depending on size)
- 4 egg whites
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup blueberries
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line a muffin tin with liners or spray with nonstick cooking spray.
- Combine the first 5 ingredients in a bowl.
- Combine the remaining ingredients in a separate bowl.
- Pour dry ingredients into banana mixture. Mix thoroughly. There might still be some lumps from the banana. This is OK.
- Fill each muffin cup approximately 1/2 way.
- Bake for 16 minutes.
These muffins are delicious! They make a quick breakfast or a nice snack, especially when paired with a glass of almond milk. And as far as muffins go, they’re pretty healthy. Most of the ingredients are ones that I have on hand so the cost for the muffins is really just the cost of the blueberries, which varies according to season. In the summer, each muffin would cost around $.40. So not only are they healthier than the muffins from Dunkin Donuts, they’re way cheaper, too!
What do you do with overripe bananas?
Yogurt Banana bread that is so dense it is more like a cake. I also have a recipe I need to try that is for a chocolate sour cream banana bread.
These sound amazing and look pretty healthy as well. I love cooking anything that includes wheat flour… makes me feel a little bit better about what I am eating
That sound delicous. Yum!
When I have overripe bananas, I mush them and put them in an old margarine container in the freezer. Then, next time I want to bake with bananas, I just take the container out of the freezer and defrost. Viola!