Banana Aronia Muffins from Berry Hill Orchard LLC
This adapted recipe comes from Berry Hill Orchard LLC. They write:These muffins are delicious, hearty, and filling. The heart-healthy bananas and oatmeal, the buttermilk containing protein, vitamins, minerals and probiotics, and the flavorful, antioxidant-rich berries can make us feel good about eating a muffin that tastes like such a treat. These muffins freeze well and defrost easily. Ingredients with an asterisk (*) are available seasonally right here in North Iowa! Click on select ingredients to find them nearby or stop by your local farmer’s market.
Equipment
- Potato Masher
- Hand Mixer or Stand Mixer
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 ripe bananas mashed
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 tbsp orange juice
- ⅔ cup sugar granulated
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- orange peel zest to taste
- 1 egg* room temperature
- ⅓ cup butter melted and cooled
- 1 cup aronia berries* frozen preferred
- 1 tsp flour
- ¼ cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place muffin liners in your muffin tin or coat liberally with oil or butter.
- In a large bowl add flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Stir and set aside.
- In a large bowl, mash your bananas with a potato masher or fork. Mix in the butter and eggs with a hand mixer. Now add in your dry ingredients, oats, buttermilk, and orange juice.
- Toss the aronia berries with teaspoon of flour to help prevent them from falling to bottom of the muffins and fold them into the mixture, along with the pecans.
- Once the batter is mixed, spoon into the muffin tin, 3/4 full.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove banana aronia muffins from oven and let cool on a baking rack then serve.
Notes
For softer oats you will want to soak your oats in buttermilk for 15-20 minutes. Adapted from https://bakemesomesugar.com/banana-cranberry-muffins-recipe/?fbclid=IwAR38Sc0cd5i9tQa1Z5mCUwI9ksTjEyrSf94ssP4Cs5j2QTPsJJszHcCTkMg.
Berry Hill Orchard LLC is a country orchard located at 24221 Apple Avenue near scenic Fertile, Iowa, growing delicious, healthy natural Aronia berries by following organic principles.
Nutrition
Calories: 208kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 6gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 287mgPotassium: 312mgFiber: 4gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 175IUVitamin C: 43mgCalcium: 66mgIron: 1mg