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Apr 28, 2011

Eggless banana walnut muffin and a product review

Bananas and walnuts make a great combination. They taste great when baked together. I always look out for quick bread recipes to have along with our evening tea and this recipe from Raks definitely suited my needs. It tasted delicious and it is eggless! The muffins turned out soft and moist with a bite and crunch from the walnuts.

I received a pack of Xylitol for a product review and I substituted xylitol instead of sugar in the recipe and we loved the taste. We definitely did not miss the sugar. Dont get fooled by the name Xylitol. It is NOT a chemical based sweetener. It is a 100% natural sweetener. It is an all natural sugarless sweetener from birch trees. It has the same sweetness and consistency as sugar. However it has 40% fewer calories, 75% fewer carbs, and is safe for diabetics. It is a perfect alternative to artificial sweeteners while avoiding regular sugar as well.

Now on to the recipe..

Ingredients
Banana - 2 ripe ones
Maida/All purpose flour - 3/4 cup
Walnut - 1/4 cup chopped
Xyitol or Sugar - 1/2 cup
Oil - 1/4 cup
Baking soda - 1/2 teaspoon
Baking powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Vanilla essence - 1/2 teaspoon

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degree F.
Peel and mash the bananas well into a smooth paste. Add all the oil, vanilla essence and the xylitol/sugar and mix well.
In another bowl, mix together the dry ingredients - flour, baking soda and baking powder.
Slowly add in the wet ingredients to the flour mixture and mix just until blended. Do not overmix, this might make the muffins hard and dense.
Add the walnuts and stir them in to the batter.
Line the muffin pan with muffin liners and grease them with non-stick spray if desired.
Pour the batter to 3/4th the level. The batter rises and yields a good muffin top. Top off with a few walnut pieces.
Bake at 350 degree F for about 28 to 30 minutes.
Serve warm with butter or just by itself! Also makes a quick breakfast!

Sending this to Show me Your Muffin hosted here at Dil Se..

Mar 22, 2011

Show Me Your Muffin and the giveaway winner!

To check out the winner of the giveaway, please scroll down to the bottom!

I am here with the next edition of "Show Me Your.. " series. After breakfasts, cakes, omelettes, lunchboxes, curries, fridges, wholegrains, cookbooks, salads, sandwiches, smoothies and soups it is MUFFINS this time! Muffins have always been our favorite be it plain ones to ones with nuts and chocolate! They are great finger foods and even make a wholesome breakfast.

So get out your aprons and baking pans and start baking your muffins. Send them across for this event. Some guidelines for the event.

Create a blog post featuring your muffin recipe.
Feel free to use the logo.
Please link back to this announcement page.
Eggs are allowed in recipes.
Multiple entries are allowed.
Archived posts are allowed if you provide a link to this announcement page.
Email your entries to divyablogs[AT]gmail[DOT]com on or before April 30, 2011.

And the lucky winner of the CSN giveaway chosen randomly is..

Swapna of Simple vegetarian Recipes!

Thanks everyone for participating and sharing about your favorite cookware!

Apr 27, 2010

Wholemeal Banana Walnut Chocochip Muffin

I know, that is a long title!! This recipe is adopted from celebrity chef Dhivya's Wholesome Banana Muffins. I adopted the same recipe except that I made it into a bread instead of a muffin by doubling the recipe and I also increased the baking time a little. I also added chocolate chips which I had on hand. It turned out delicious and I am sure I will be making this again. It has all the goodness of wheat germ and made with whole wheat flour. The pictures do not do justice to the taste of the bread!

Ingredients (recipe adapted from Chef In You)
Whole Wheat Pastry Flour - 2 cups
Wheat germ - 1/4 cup
Banana - 2 ripe ones
Brown sugar - 1/2 cup
Egg - 1
Baking powder - 1 tablespoon
Milk - 1/2 cup
Salt - 1/4 teaspoon
Chopped walnuts - 3/4 cup
Chocolate chips - 1/2 cup
Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon
Butter - 2 tablespoons

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
Mix all the dry ingredients- flour, wheat germ, baking powder and salt together in a bowl.
Mash the banana well. In another bowl, add all the wet ingredients together and whisk until well incorporated.
Finally add the chocolate chips and chopped walnuts.
Slowly add the dry ingredients little by little and mix until everything is incorporated together.
Grease a loaf pan and add the batter to the pan and spread out evenly.
Bake for about 45 to 50 minutes, until a toothpick/fork inserted comes out clean.
Serve warm! it also freezes well.

Oct 16, 2009

Low Fat eggless banana oatmeal muffins

I made a huge batch of these delicious healthy muffins. These make a great tasting snack or breakfast. I make a batch for the freezer and I pop one muffin for a few seconds in the microwave when am hungry. And they are ready moist and fresh again. I made it healthier adding oatmeal to the batter. I also love that it is eggless.

Ingredients
Mashed banana - 2 cups
Whole wheat flour - 3/4 cup
All-Purpose flour - 3/4 cup
Old Fashioned oats - 1 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Brown Sugar - 1/2 cup
Applesauce - 1/2 cup
Baking Powder - 2 teaspoons
Baking Soda - 1 teaspoon
Vanilla essence - 1 teaspoon
Salt - 1/2 teaspoon

Directions
Combine the dry ingredients together - the flour,oatmeal, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
In another bowl combine together the milk, applesauce and vanilla essence. You could replace the applesauce with oil. Also combine the mashed bananas.
Finally combine the liquid and dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Over stirring results in hard muffins.
Line the muffin pan with muffin cups. Grease them if needed.
Pour evenly about 3/4th full.
Bake in a preheated oven at 400 F for about 20 to 25 minutes until a toothpick/fork inserted comes out clean.
Cool for about 10 minutes and transfer to a wire rack.

Enjoy them warm!

Sending these muffins to Whole Grain (Eggless) Baking Event - Oats and EFM:Oats
Also sending my other oats recipes for the events:
Oatmeal Wheat bread
Granola Breakfast Bars

Also sending this banana Oatmeal muffins and whole wheat banana bread to CFK:Wheat hosted at Kidz Delight and started by Sharmi and to FIL:Fruits

Wishing you all a Happy Diwali!!

Aug 5, 2009

Show Me Your Breakfast Roundup Part II

Here I am with the second roudup of Show me Your Breakfast event. I am really overwhelmed by the support and response to this event. With more than 160 entries filling my inbox. I had restricted the number of entries to 3 but I received more than 3 entries from many. So I have included all entries in the roundup. I have also updated the rules for Show me Your Sandwich event, and you are very much welcome to pour in any number of entries.

Hope this roundup gives us several healthy breakfast ideas..I am also planning to give a small and surprise giveaway to one participant. So am planning to conduct a poll here in my blog. Please check if i have included all your entries in the roundup. Please mail me by tomorrow morning[8 am PST] if you find your entry missing here. I will be putting up the poll tomo morning.

Thanks again for all your lovely entries.

You have a week left for sending me your entries for Show Me Your Sandwich!

You can check the first roundup here - Show Me Your Breakfast Roundup I

Kavya Naimish - Tomato Dosa

Kavya Naimish - French Toast

Anupama - Aval Usili

Anupama - Eggless Savoury Toast