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Lighter Banana Crumb Muffins Recipe
  • READY IN 35 mins

Lighter Banana Crumb Muffins

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"A basic banana muffin with crunchy topping. Fat free! I prefer organic applesauce." 

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Original recipe makes 1 dozen muffins Change Servings

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
  2. Whisk 1 1/2 cup flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Beat bananas, 3/4 cup brown sugar, agave syrup, egg, and 1/3 cup applesauce in a separate bowl until thoroughly combined. Stir banana mixture into the dry ingredients to make a smooth batter. Fill muffin cups about 2/3 full of batter.
  3. Mix 1/3 cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, and cinnamon in a bowl; stir 1 1/2 teaspoons of applesauce into the mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle topping over muffins.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven until lightly golden brown and a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes.
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  • PREP 15 mins
  • COOK 20 mins
  • READY IN 35 mins

Footnotes

  • Cook's Note:
  • Since packed brown sugar is not as sweet as white sugar, I added a tablespoon of agave honey/syrup. The bananas were very ripe (the skin was already brown) so if the bananas you have are not that ripe, you might want to add more agave syrup. I live in Yucatan's peninsula so preheated the oven at 150°C. If you live in a non-altitude place you might have to bake 20°C to 30°C less than what the recipe calls for.
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Reviews More Reviews

Aug 20, 2012

These came out really nicely...I had to use more applesauce and less bananas because I ran out. They are really sweet and dont even taste "healthy"! Even though I used whole whaeat flour.

 
Oct 14, 2012

they turned out great. You can't tell that they are healthy for you at all. My picky 5 year old loved them. I added cinnamon and allspice and nutmeg to the muffin mix, and oats to the crumb topping. light and fluffy. will make them again. I added my photo!!

 
Dec 29, 2012

I used two bananas, omitted the agave syrup and added a handful of chocolate chips. I added too much applesauce to the crumble topping so it was more like a paste on top of the muffins. They turned out moist and delicious. Next time I will make the crumble topping properly.

 
Apr 30, 2013

Good basic recipe. I thought the 1 tablespoon of agave made the batter a little too sweet, so I added 1/4 cup of chopped unsweetened cherries. I substituted 1/4 cup of egg beater for 1 egg. I switched out some white flour for whole wheat, but next time will try oat flour. I did not use the crumb mixture so instead I added 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon to the dry ingredients. And, just for the fun of it, I added hemp hearts. My husband really enjoyed the muffins.

 
Nov 25, 2012

Delicious!! I used cinnamon applesauce and a handful of oatmeal. Came out very good. Happy I was able to use up my bananas in a healthy recipe.

 
Sep 05, 2012

When I made this, the crumb topping became a filling when cooked. I am going to do it again and wait till the muffins are almost done and then add the crumb topping. Either way, my husband loves the recipe.

 

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Nutrition

  • Calories
  • 178 kcal
  • 9%
  • Carbohydrates
  • 41.5 g
  • 13%
  • Cholesterol
  • 18 mg
  • 6%
  • Fat
  • 0.7 g
  • 1%
  • Fiber
  • 1.4 g
  • 6%
  • Protein
  • 2.6 g
  • 5%
  • Sodium
  • 255 mg
  • 10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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