Whole Wheat Banana Muffins (healthy!)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup ground flax seeds
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
• 3 large very ripe bananas
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg, beaten (vegan egg replacer works too)
• 1/3 cup butter, melted (earth balance vegan buttery sticks work too)
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon butter, cold, cubed
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons quick oats, uncooked (optional)
• 1 tablespoon ground flax seeds (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees. grease muffin pan or use muffin papers.
• 2 mix up the flours, flax, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl.
• 3 in a smaller bowl, mash bananas. add sugar, egg and melted butter to bananas.
• 4 add banana mixture to flour mixture and stir.
• 5 divide mixture evenly into muffin cups, filling each about 3/4 full.
• 6 prepare streusel topping. sprinkle onto tops of muffins and lightly press struesel into batter (so it will stay in place as muffin rises).
• 7 bake at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes. they should pass the toothpick (or knife) test.