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Recipe: Apple-banana-blueberry muffins

Ingredients

  • 2 mashed bananas
  • 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
  • 2 extra large eggs
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce
  • 1 Tbsp. water
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 cup white flour
  • 1 cup wheat flour
  • 3/4 tsp. cinnamon
  • dash salt
  • dash nutmeg
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 2 tsp. baking soda

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350° F. Oil and flour muffin pan (12 standard-sized muffins).
  2. In a large bowl, stir together banana, eggs, oil, apple sauce, and water.
  3. Add sifted flours, lemon zest, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla. Gently stir in blueberries.
  4. Stir in baking soda quickly and immediately spoon batter into prepared muffin pan.
  5. Bake about 20 minutes.

Blueberry Streusel Muffins

Recipe: Blueberry Streusel Muffins

Ingredients

  • 1 ¾ cups flour
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp baking soda
  • 2/3 cup unsalted butter
  • 2 tsp finely grated lemon zest
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • 1 ½ cups blueberries

Streusel

  • 6-7 tsp unsalted butter
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter and flour muffin tray.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk sieved flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
  3. Cut butter into 1-inch pieces and add the lemon zest. Mix with electric mixer with paddle attachment on medium speed until smooth and lightened in color. Add sugar in a steady stream, then blend in the egg and vanilla.
  4. Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
  5. For streusel, whisk flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt. Add the butter and stir until forms crumbs.
  6. Portion the batter into pans. Place a layer of blueberries evenly over the batter, then place a dollop of batter on top of the blueberries and add a handful of streusel.
  7. Bake for 25-30minutes.

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Lemon poppy seed cake

Recipe: Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder 
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 egg
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 1/2 cups unsweetened apple sauce
  • 2 tbsp. vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup lemon juice
  • 1 tsp. poppy seeds
  • 1 tbsp. lemon zest
  • 3/4 cup sour cream
  • 1 tbsp. cornstarch
  • 1/6 cup orange juice
  • 1/4 cup oats

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Butter a 9 x 5 in. loaf pan.
  3. In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, poppy seeds, and corn starch
  4. In another bowl, whisk egg and egg yolks. Add applesauce, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, lemon and orange juice, lemon zest, and sour cream.
  5. Add the dry ingredients gradually to the wet mixture.
  6. Pour in baking dish and pour oats over top.
  7. Bake for 45-60 min. After 15 minutes, slice down the middle to a depth of 1 inch.

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