Today feels just like a Friday to me, because a) I am all done classes for the week. b) I don’t have any homework tonight. c) I spent my evening with an iced starbucks coffee while meandering my way through Whole Foods.
To top it all off, I made a big ol’ batch of blueberry-banana muffins. 
I pulled out the Joy of Cooking to find a basic muffin recipe, and then preceded to add a bit of this and that as I went along.
Blueberry-Banana Muffins
- 2 c. whole wheat flour
- 1 T. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 large egg
- 2 egg whites
- 1 c. milk
- 1/4 c. sugar
- 1/4 c. olive oil
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 c. mashed, very ripe banana (about 1-1/2 bananas)
- 1-1/2 c. frozen blueberries
- Whisk together first 4 ingredients up to nutmeg.
- Whisk together next 7 ingredients up to banana in a separate bowl.
- Add blueberries to dry mix; stir until blueberries are coated with the flour.
- Add wet mix to dry mix. Stir just until moistened (do not overmix…this toughens the final product!)
- Pour batter into 12-muffin pan coated with cooking spray. Bake for 17-20 minutes at 400 degrees F.
They’re ready when a toothpick inserted comes out clean! 😀 Let ’em sit for a few minutes before popping them out and letting them cool on a wire rack.
They’re delicious hot from the oven, with a heavenly sweet aroma from the bananas and juicy blueberries. I ate mine with a fork and a handful of walnuts!
These have a subtle sweetness from the blueberries, and the flavor of banana mingles in for that extra touch. And they’re super fluffy. 😀
Question: Do you like to follow recipes word for word, or do you find yourself changing things up as you go?
Running To Slow Things Down 
Those look wonderful! I need to make that recipe this weekend. I do follow recipes exactly (unless I don’t have an ingredient) because I don’t trust myself.
Those look great!
I usually make a lot of changes because I don’t have everything on hand and I like different flavors.
I feel like I always have to change something. Now that I’ve gone gluten free, that couldn’t be more the case.
Those look awesome – I love fluffy textured muffins. I usually change things depending on my ingredients!
I want that muffin!
And I follow them the first time and the next times I experiment…a lot;)
x Julia (Taste of Living)
Hmmmm, I LOVE blueberry muffins!
YUM those look delicious! i sometimes change recipes, but if I am making something for a party or for others, i always stick to it!!
Off and no homework sounds like a double score to me!!!!
Oh they look wonderful. Did you thaw the blueberries at all?
With baking I tend to only make minor changes to recipes as I’m a real hit and miss baker, with cooking I change things up all the time and it always tends to work out.
Nope! No dethaw required! 😀
I like to follow recipes word for word but usually end up changing something. It kind of aggravates me a bit, but more often than not whatever it was that I was making turned out to be good regardless of my changes. I think it is just one of those things, you know? Those muffins looks to good!
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I made this recipe for my sister (so that she’ll start eating breakfast) and I substituted 1/2c. chopped walnuts for the blueberries, and sprinkled a pinch of brown sugar on top and they were a MAJOR hit in my house! Thanks for sharing your recipe!
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