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Beth’s Banana Crumb Muffins

INGREDIENTS
3/4 cups all-purpose flour
¾ cups whole wheat flour
½ cup quick oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
½ t nutmeg
1t cinnamon

3 bananas, mashed
1/2 cup white sugar
¼ cup light brown sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1t vanilla

1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons whole wheat flour
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 T applesauce, added little by little(maybe not all)

DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease 10 muffin cups, or line with muffin papers.
2. In a large bowl, mix together first eight ingredients (all dry). In another bowl, beat together bananas, sugars, egg, oil, and vanilla. Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
3. In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and cinnamon. Add applesauce little by little until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Sprinkle topping over muffins.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean. Enjoy!!
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I hope you will like this recipe I got from my good friend Beth. I have been doing some 'muffin' research. My children seem to be constantly eating/snacking and healthy muffins are a good way to fill them up. Plus I have started my 2009 school year off with providing child care to a handful of working mothers, and muffins help to keep the little clients fed and happy.

The muffin recipe above is originally from allrecipes.com. Beth passed it to me, and I doctored it up and modified some things for my family's/child care needs. If you have any muffin recipe's you'd like to share please send them my way!

PS I need to tell you how much I LOVE my Wilton silicone baking cups. I love them, I do. (thanks Necia--I bought 12 more with my Joanne's 40% off coupon)