Banana Oat Chocolate Chip Muffins

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups quick oats
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/8 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 6 medium bananas
• 1/3 cup applesauce
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup miniature chocolate chip

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375. grease muffin cups thoroughly.
• 2 combine the oats, flours, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl. mix well (i use a stand mixer).
• 3 with a hand mixer in a medium bowl, beat bananas into mush. i beat mine a lot since we don't like chunks of banana in ours. add egg, applesauce, and cinnamon and beat til smooth and well-blended.
• 4 with mixer on slow or stir, slowly add banana mixture to dry mix. mix til all ingredients are completely incorporated and moist.
• 5 fold in mini chocolate chips by hand or with mixer on "stir" (this is a wet, thick batter, so hand mixing will be a work out!).
• 6 spoon into muffin cups until they are almost completely full.
• 7 bake for 22 minutes or til lightly springy to the touch.
• 8 let cool completely on wire racks before removing from pan--these are so moist that if you don't they'll fall apart in your hands.
• 9 these freeze great for quick, healthy school day breakfasts!