Digest Number 1358

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In a message dated 2/11/2006 8:58:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,

writes:

 

> Here's my recipe adapted from " Muscle Muffins " from

> the book Raising Vegetarian Children by Joanne

> Stepaniak and Vesanto Melina. They're nice and soft

> when I use flax seeds, and next time I'm going to try

> whole wheat pastry flour instead of regular. A friend

> puts blueberries in them and they're really yummy.

>

> 1 cup whole wheat flour

> 1 cup unbleached white flour

> 2 teaspoons baking powder

> 1 teaspoon baking soda

> 1 teaspoon cinnamon

> 2 frozen or fresh ripe bananas

> 3/4 cup soymilk

> 1/2 cup soy protein powder (2 scoops)--I don't use

> this. I add 1/4 cup of ground flax seeds instead.

> 1/4 cup safflower oil (I usually use canola)

> 1/4 cup blackstrap molasses

> 1/4 cup maple syrup--I use half a cup of apple sauce

> instead

> 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar

> 1 cup raisins or chopped dates (I leave these out for

> now)

>

> Preheat oven to 350 and oil muffin tin or spray with

> nonstick spray. In large bowl, combine flours, baking

> powder, baking soda, and cinnamon, and mix well. In a

> smaller bowl, mash bananas, then stir in soymilk,

> protein powder (if using), flax seeds (if using), oil,

> molasses, syrup or apple sauce, and vinegar. Add

> banana mixture to dry ingredients, stir till blended,

> then add raisins or dates (if using). Fill muffin tins

> and bake 30 to 35 minutes or until done.

>

 

 

 

omg! we made these yesterday with protein powder ( a brand called alive,

which has tons of green foods in them , which made them sort of green, but we

put lots of blueberries in them, so they were more blue anyway!)

plus, I used 2 cups of whole wheat pastry flour instead of mixing a white

and wheat. We I also had no blackstrap molasses, but used regular molasses.

They were phenomenal! My 3 yr old had 3 of them yesterday before I made

him stop! He and my one year old had them for breakfast and loved them!

Plus: my son loved making them with me, since I got out the potato masher

and let him mash the bananas!

 

Lisa

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