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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.
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Total Time30 minutes
Course: Bread, Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: All
Keyword: aronia berries
Season: Fall, Summer, Winter
Diet: Vegetarian
Servings: 18 muffins
Calories: 208kcal
Author: Berry Hill Orchard LLC

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.

Nutrition

Calories: 208kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 287mg | Potassium: 312mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 175IU | Vitamin C: 43mg | Calcium: 66mg | Iron: 1mg