3-seed banana date muffins

It's the new year, so of course we're looking for healthy snacks. Something we can eat that isn't butter laden or made entirely of white flour and sugar. These muffins caught our eye when perusing the latest Sunset issue. And, even though the recipe required that we purchase a few ingredients we didn't have: dates and poppy seeds, it was so worth it.

In the magazine, these are called Thousand Seed Banana Date Muffins. To be completely up front, there are only 4 kinds of seeds and we left out one of them. We also adjusted the sugar (adding less than the recipe called for because they seemed too sweet on the first go round) and baking for slightly less time than the recipe calls for.

In addition, we skipped about a billion steps and saved a whole lot of time and dirty dishes. And you know what, the muffins were still awesome.

Maybe we're just kidding ourselves, but we feel like we're eating something decent when we pop these babies into our mouths. We hope you like them, too.

Rating: 3/4 assed

Here's what you need and how you do it

1/4 cup each sesame seeds, poppy seeds, and sunflower seeds (or another seed you like)

1/2 cup packed pitted dates

1 ripe banana, mashed

1/4 cup plain low-fat yogurt

2 Tablespoons canola oil

1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 eggs

1/3 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar (if you don't have both, just make up the difference with the other)

1 cup whole wheat flour

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 cup flaxseed meal

1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar (which you should all have in your cupboards because it's incredible)

Dried fruit would be a nice addition, too

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter 12 muffin cups. Mix seeds in a small bowl.

Whirl dates with 1/2 cup water in food processor or blender.

Add all ingredients except about 3 Tablespoons of the seed blend. Mix well.

Scoop batter into muffin tins (fill them quite full). Then sprinkle tops with remaining seeds.

Bake 20 minutes, or until just firm to touch and edges are golden.

These are great served warm.

For a printable version of this recipe, click here.

Comments

[Meg]

Amazingly, I happen to have every single one of the ingredients in my house right this minute! Will give this recipe a whirl... thanks!

[Caroline]

Maybe thousand seeds counting the inidividual seeds in the muffins, not types? Either way, these sound like a healty treat compared to most of my other options (cupcakes and cookies!) YUM!

[Laura]

I just had to let you know that I used two or three or your half assed recipes over the holidays. The Rum balls, lemon cakie cookies, and the peanut butter chocolate fudge. All were a hit and so easy! I had multiple requests for more. So thank you!

What I loved the best was visiting my friend about an hour away and found that her landlord had delivered a plate of all the very same recipes! I loved it! You're recipes are a hit!

[dresser]

These look like a sneaky way to get some fibre into my little ones. Will deffo give them a give. Cheers

[meat grinders for home use]

I'm definitely going to give this recepie a shot. I'll let you know how it went. Thanks for sharing!

[Chris Nelson]

Made a double batch of these last weekend. Everyone LOVED them - especially the kids! I even had a few friends ask if they could buy them from me by the dozen!!