I always look for ways to make healthier versions: I omitted the sugar entirely as the fruit is sweet enough for me, subbed applesauce for oil, 2 tbsp egg whites instead of egg, added a spoon of plain non-fat yogurt, 1 C spelt flour and 1/2 C whole wheat pastry flour instead of all-purpose, increased baking powder to 1&1/4 tsp, dash more baking soda, increased cinnamon to 1/2 tsp, added 1 tbsp of flax, baked 20 min :) After muffins cool, I put them in the fridge overnight then wrap each one in clingfilm and put them in a Ziploc bag in the freezer - take a muffin out night before for a morning muffin on the run or take it out of the freezer and put it in your lunch bag.

Reviewed On: Mar. 7, 2009

I altered this to my healthy-hippie version (higher fibre, lower fat, lower sugar), my changes: sugar decreased to 3/4C, substituted 1C oil with 1/2C of reserved pineapple juice and 1/2C unsweetened applesauce (I buy bulk snack packs at Costco for baking, they are 1/2C per portion and in this case I used the applesauce/peach flavoured one), increased to 3 tsp cinnamon and 1 tsp nutmeg, my can of crushed pineapple was 19 oz, used all whole-wheat flour instead of white, decreased to 1/2 tsp salt, increased to 2 tsp baking powder. I also added 1/4C wheat bran to flour mixture and stirred in 1/2C sunflower seeds to final mixture. I cooked it at 340F for about 1h and 10 min because I like my loafs well-done (like the end pieces!) I immediately turn the loafs onto a wire rack and after 5 minutes I cut each loaf lengthwise once and a few times widthwise to create 6 - 8 squares. I separate these squares to express cool, then I wrap them each in cling-film and put them in a big freezer bag. When I make my lunches in the AM, I grab a pre-wrapped square from the freezer and it's defrosted by lunch. Also nice is crushed walnuts and unsweetened coconut. :D

Reviewed On: Jun. 29, 2008

This recipe blew me away because, for a low fat version of BB, I did't feel that the taste/texture had been compromised. I used SNAPPLEMEBLUE's recommendations from 8/27/2003 except I omitted the nuts and almond extract.

Reviewed On: Aug. 13, 2005