V's Famous Makeover Banana Nut Muffins

Vseward (Chef~V)'s Note:

This is a recipe I would hate to lose. It was given to me by a friend which I tweaked to make a low-calorie. This recipe makes the best banana nut muffins EVER. These tasty hearty muffins will fill you up as they are very dense but packed full of flavor. Has a nice crunchy top and great when heated in microwave. Tip: throughout the year I freeze my bananas when they turn brown. This way I always have ripe bananas ready to go when I want to make these. Muffins will freeze well too.

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 24

Yield: 24.0 muffins

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups Splenda granular (sugar substitute)
• 3/4 cup butter
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups bananas, ripe mashed
• 1/2 cup light sour cream
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups walnuts, chopped

Directions:

1. Preheat Oven to 325°F.
2. Spray muffin tins with cooking spray with flour, or line with paper cups.
3. In a large bowl, cream sugar, butter and vanilla until fluffy. Stir in eggs one at a time, beating with each addition.
4. Stir in bananas and sour cream.
5. In a second bowl, combine flour, soda, baking powder, cinnamon and walnuts; stir into banana mixture just until combined.
6. Pour 2/3 full into muffin pans. I use a ice cream scoop full, this way all the muffins are the same size.
7. Bake about 30 minutes check muffins with toothpick, when it comes out clean remove from oven - cool on wire rack.

Reviews

[El Bee]

I made these with pecans instead of walnuts and fresh nutmeg instead of cinnamon. I also did not use splenda & ran out of whole wheat flour so used a little white flour to get to 2 cups. The texture is beautiful, and they are soooo tasty! However, I made them as mini muffins, and despite fiddling around with oven temp & time, I couldn't get them to look pretty. So, I wouldn't recommend this recipe for mini muffins.

[Mikekey]

What great muffins! Just the right amount of sweet and cinnamon ( I cut the recipe in half, and used 1 cup of Splenda and only 1/2 cup sugar). I had a brain-f* * t and forgot to put baking powder in, but they still rose nice and high. I added extra walnut pieces on top before baking. Thanks for posting this keeper! Made for ZWT III