Morning Berry Banana Muffins

Name: Morning Berry Banana Muffins
Yield: 12-15
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 oz/1 cup frozen berries (thawed), drained; 1 large banana, roughly mashed; 4 oz half and half (or favorite milk); 4 oz butter, melted and cooled; 2 (4 oz) large eggs; 8 oz/1 cup All-purpose flour; 8 oz/1 cup sugar; 1 Tbsp baking powder; 1 tsp salt; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/4 tsp nutmeg; 8 oz/1 cup flour; 6 oz/3/4 cup brown sugar; 2 oz /1/4 cup granulated sugar; 1/4 tsp salt; 4 Tbsp butter, melted and cooled

October 17, 2023

The muffin recipe is easy to make and super versatile.

Actually, I made this recipe for the legacy blog, and since that first recipe, I’ve made several different versions of this yummy treat. One of the last versions was vegan.

And that’s the best part of the recipe: creating the way you want is easy. There are no rules with the recipe.

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Nova from My Single Dad (Man Card Book Three) grabbed a mixing bowl and sat it beside the 6 x 9 notebook that looked like it had seen better days. The book was full of all her recipe ideas. She scribbled thoughts, and changed ideas after testing several times while baking, so you could see drips from many syrups and sauces on every page.

She was really excited to share the most recent idea with Zander. The Morning Berry Banana Muffins could sell so well at the coffee shop.

“Warmth from the oven.” Zander walked into the kitchen and directly over to the 350-degree Fahrenheit oven. “Does this mean you have another recipe idea brewing?”

She stepped up behind him to wrap her arms around his waist and rested her head against his back. “You know me too well.”

He carefully spun around, making sure not to untangle from her embrace. “Is it a donut or scone recipe?” Zander mirrored Nova and wrapped his arms around her waist.

“Nope.” She leaned on her tippy toes and kissed his nose before returning to where the mixing bowl sat on the counter. “We need a new muffin recipe, don’t you think?”

“Oh, yes. Tell me more?”

She proceeded to share all the ingredients. “Plus, it’s a recipe anyone would love. I mean–“ she poured a cup of all-purpose flour into the bowl– “who doesn’t love berries and bananas?”

“You might be surprised, but I have a feeling more than you think.” He kissed her temple and walked around the kitchen island to sit on a bar stool. “I agree; that sounds like a perfect recipe for our customers.”

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When I first started my legacy food blog, I joined this group called Muffin Monday. We all made one specific muffin recipe together and made time to visit each other’s blogs to see how each recipe turned out.

Being a part of the group was fun; I made so many different muffins. That also means I have a ton of muffin recipes tucked away on my external drive, just waiting to be loved again.

After close to a year, I stopped doing muffin Monday, but I didn’t stop making muffins.

These morning muffins have had the opportunity to be a little bit of everything. The vegan version was so yummy, and the time I used Dole fruit juice was really creative.

Have fun with this recipe, and make them how you want for your palette!