Banana Date Spice Muffins

Banana Date Spice Muffins. It’s very quick and easy to whip up a batch of these tasty muffins and yet another great way to use up those speckled ripe bananas that always seem to be sitting on the counter top.

Banana Date Spice Muffins

Here’s a quick and easy muffin recipe to use up those brown speckled bananas on your counter top. You have been ignoring them a bit too long, haven’t you? Time to fill the house with the scent of these spicy muffins with a cake-like texture that can also be topped with some cream cheese frosting.

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Banana Date Spice Muffins

Yield: 12

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

Banana Date Spice Muffins. It's very quick and easy to whip up a batch of these tasty muffins and yet another great way to use up those speckled ripe bananas that always seem to be sitting on the counter top.

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Ingredients

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• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 medium size over ripe bananas, mashed
• 1/2 cup chopped dates

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cloves cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.

3. Beat together the eggs, oil and brown sugar until foamy.

4. Stir in the mashed bananas and chopped dates.

5. Finally, fold in the dry ingredients just until the flour is incorporated. Do not over mix.

6. Spoon the batter into well greased or paper lined muffin tins and bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted int he centre comes out clean.

7. Cool on a wire rack. Makes about a dozen muffins.

Notes

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The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.

Nutrition Information

Yield

12

Serving Size

1 muffin
Amount Per Serving Calories 238Total Fat 10gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 27mgSodium 68mgCarbohydrates 35gFiber 1gSugar 19gProtein 2g

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