Let’s get this out of the way right off the bat.
These muffins are gooooood.
They might be healthier for you (6 Weight Watchers SmartPoints per muffin) but good luck stopping at just one.
I filched this recipe from Weight Watchers after my attempts to cut down in the baked goods resulted in these and these.
Now, I figure, if I’m going to bake I might as well make better-for-you options that I can wrap individually and freeze for weekday breakfasts and not, you know, eat a dozen cookies in a sitting waste food. I’ve been eating these for breakfast to switch up my routine and they’re quite filling and full of banana goodness.
You can make these with or without lemon icing. I think the icing takes them from breakfast status to cupcake status.
That’s not to say that cupcakes for breakfast would be entirely wrong.
It’s just not what I’m going for here.
So the icing is optional and will add Weight Watchers points, if you’re into that kind of thing.
The Recipe
Batter- ½ cup(s) sugar
- 5 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
- 1 large egg(s)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cup(s) all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ cup(s) fat-free skim milk
- 4 large banana(s), ripe, mashed
Icing- 1 cup(s) powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp lemon zest, strips, or more to taste
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line 18 muffin holes with paper liners.'
- Place sugar and butter in a large bowl; cream with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat until thoroughly mixed.
- In another large bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and baking soda. Add half of flour mixture to butter mixture; beat well with mixer. Add milk and remaining flour mixture; beat until batter is combined and then fold in mashed bananas.
- Spoon batter into muffin liners about ¾ full. Bake until muffins start to brown and a tester inserted in center of a muffin comes out clean, about 25 to 30 minutes. Allow muffins to cool in pan for about 2 minutes; remove to a wire rack and cool completely before icing.
- Meanwhile, combine icing ingredients in a medium bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy, about 1 to 2 minutes. Ice cooled muffins; cover and refrigerate any uneaten muffins. Yields 1 muffin per serving.
13 Comments
Carolina
July 15, 2011 at 10:57 pmlooks great but how many grams of bananas this recipe have?
thanks
Lexi
February 23, 2009 at 3:00 amI need to bake something for an office meeting next week…those might do the trick!
Katie
February 22, 2009 at 3:00 amThis looks like something I should try!! I would be spoiling myself though – because even just plain banana nut muffins are good, much less ones with icing!
Cynthia
February 21, 2009 at 3:00 amStop tempting me! I have had enough sweet stuff for today already 🙂
foodlibrarian
February 21, 2009 at 3:00 amHow pretty this is!!! I love lemon icing…in fact, I could drink it. 🙂
The Food Hunter
February 21, 2009 at 3:00 amThey look great. Love the idea of the lemon icing
Jessica
February 20, 2009 at 3:00 amI have to admit, I’m not a huge lemon icing fan, but I think it would be good on certain things. I do like lemon icing on pound cake. Hmmm, pound cake.
Heidi Renée
February 20, 2009 at 3:00 amIf you want to keep your consumption to a respectable 2 or 3, I would gladly help you with the other 9 or 10.
mandy
February 19, 2009 at 3:00 amThese look delicious and I really want to try them tonight!! Thats totally a picture that I would take too.
lisa (dandysugar)
February 19, 2009 at 3:00 amOooh, this looks awesome. I can almost taste the zesty icing. Yum…so good and the muffin looks nice and moist. It would be great right now with my coffee!
Oh, btw, yes I have been to the Moosewood Restaurant. It’s sooo good! I love the cookbook, I’ve cooked my way through that book so many times!!
Sara
February 19, 2009 at 3:00 amThese look really good, especially the icing part. I’m the kind of person that prefers frosting to cake 😉
kat
February 19, 2009 at 3:00 amThose look tasty
Elra
February 19, 2009 at 3:00 amI made banana bread on the week-end too, but without the icing. I think the icing will add sweetness to it, delicious.
Cheers,
Elra