Banana Zucchini Muffins

Banana + zucchini….yes it works wonderfully!

I have a small garden but I am not a gardener.  You see, I am notorious for garden neglect once I complete the initial planting in the spring. Every year I have such great intentions to tend my garden so carefully but it never happens.  This neglect manifests itself best in the monster sized zucchini I harvest, instead of the desired small, sweet and deliciously tender ones I wanted.  These massive zucchinis aren’t good for much except to use in baking, so I have been producing all kinds of baked zucchini products over the past few weeks.

These Banana Zucchini Muffins are dense, moist and delicious, but they also use the other food I always seem to have in great abundance:  over-ripe bananas!  Plus, the use of whole wheat flour, agave and applesauce makes a mommy quite happy on the nutritional end.

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Ingredients

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• 1 C whole wheat flour
• 1 C white flour
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2/3 C agave nectar
• 3/4 C brown sugar
• 1/4 C melted butter
• 1/2 C unsweetened applesauce
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/4 C grated zucchini
• 1 medium very ripe banana, mashed

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line the muffin tins with paper liners.  In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the first six ingredients.  In a large mixing bowl, combine all the remaining ingredients together until well combined.  Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and fold to combine.  Do not over mix!
2.  Fill the muffin liners so they are filled not quite to the top of the liner.  Bake for 20-25 minutes until the center of the muffins spring back when lightly touched.  To freeze, wait until they cool completely then individually wrap each muffin in plastic wrap tightly.

• Author: Carole

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1 muffin
• Calories: 225
• Sugar: 30g
• Sodium: 156mg
• Fat: 5g
• Saturated Fat: 3g
• Unsaturated Fat: 1g
• Trans Fat: 0g
• Carbohydrates: 41g
• Fiber: 2g
• Protein: 3g
• Cholesterol: 56mg