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Low-Fat Banana Muffins Recipe

If you are watching your diet, you don't have to give up your favorite baked goods; just make them a little lighter. This recipe makes a delicious muffin that you won't even realize what you are missing.—Marcia Lane, Hemet, California

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Low-Fat Banana Muffins Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling

Yield: 15 Servings

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Ingredients

2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 cup sugar
3 egg whites
3 to 4 medium ripe bananas, mashed (about 2 cups)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon. Combine remaining ingredients; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Coat muffin cups with cooking spray or use paper liners; fill cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until muffins test done. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Yield: 15 muffins.

Nutritional Facts One muffin equals 163 calories, trace fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 125 mg sodium, 38 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Low-Fat Banana Muffins in Country Woman May/June 1995, p36

Big Batch Baked Goods

We enjoy homemade baked goods for breakfast, but I don’t have time to bake each morning before school. So I devote 1 day a month to making large batches of cinnamon rolls, doughnuts, cream cheese rolls and muffins. I place them in heavy-duty resealable plastic bags labeled with the date. (They freeze for about 2 months.) On busy mornings, it’s a snap to pop a few in the microwave to warm. The kids love the fresh-baked flavor. —Lori T., New London, Texas