Whole Wheat Grape Nut Banana Muffins
 
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Healthy, scrumptious muffins that your kids, and you, will devour. A much more delicious way to eat up healthy Grape Nuts Cereal. :)
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Recipe type: Muffins
Serves: 24
Ingredients
  • 1 cup Grape Nuts Cereal
  • ⅔ cup milk
  • ½ cup canola oil (can use half applesauce, but if you do do not use liners. The muffins stick to liners when you cut out part of the oil)
  • ½ cup brown sugar, do not pack
  • ½ cup granulated white sugar
  • 2 large egg
  • 1¼ cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 3 over ripe bananas, smashed
Instructions
  1. In a bowl combine 1 cup Grape Nuts Cereal with ⅔ cup milk, set aside for 15-20 minutes or until milk is absorbed into cereal.
  2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
  3. Prepare muffin tins with liners or with a light coating of cooking spray.
  4. With a hand mixer or in your stand mixer, combine oil, brown sugar, and regular sugar and eggs
  5. beat until thoroughly combined
  6. Add Grape Nuts Mixture and give a quick mix to combine
  7. Add Salt, baking soda, baking powder, whole wheat flour and all purpose flour, mix on low for about 20-30 seconds or until mostly combined, Add smashed bananas and mix for another 20-30 seconds until everything is evenly combined.
  8. Fill muffin tins ⅔ full with batter (I use a large cookie scoop to do this)
  9. Bake for 15-18 minutes at 375 degrees
  10. Remove from tins and transfer to a cooling rack
  11. Store cooled muffins in an air tight container or in a large Ziploc bag.
Recipe by Real Life Dinner at https://reallifedinner.com/whole-wheat-grape-nut-banana-muffins/