i give these 5 stars for texture, versatility, and easyness (easiness?...) but only 3 stars for taste. i added cinnamon, milk, used egg sub, etc. and really listened to about all of the other reviewers tips and made a dozen changes but these still were bland. i know taking away the nuts reduces the fat, but nuts are good fat and i think are what these nuts need for extra taste. these needed an extra something, so next time i will up the extracts, spices, and maybe add some nuts, fruit, or oats or something. I made this again with 1/2 cup pumpkin and 2 bananas, and added a ton of pumpkin pie spice, then made the crumb topping from one of the top-rated banana muffin recipes from this site (1/3 cup brwn sugar, some oats, and 1 T butter. i used the low-fat kind and it was still so freaking delicious!) the muffins didnt taste anything like pumpkin but tasted like a better version of the ones i had previously made, especially with the toppping. even though it only uses one T of butter, it makes it taste so moist and melts in your mouth! if you use the low-fat Smart Balance butter it still remains low-fat but once again this recipe wasn't absolutely amazing. i think it needs like tablespoons of spices, some applesauce, and definitely the topping. next time i think i will layer the crumb topping so there is some in the middle and on top. definitely add nuts. i forgot again this batch.
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