Pumpkin Banana Muffins

While I was pondering what to make for the children this morning for breakfast on Saturday, I noticed that I had a few bananas that were well on their way to gross, so I thought about making some banana bread, but my usual recipe takes a little over an hour to bake, and that's not including prep time. I was already hearing the "Mommy, I'm huunnnngggrrryyyy" whines, so I knew that wouldn't work. I decided to convert the recipe to a muffin so that the cook time would be considerably shortened. When I opened the fridge to get out the eggs and yogurt, I realized that I still had some pumpkin puree leftover from when I made a pie last week. On the spur of the moment, I decided to experiment and what follows is the result. :)

Mmmmm.....Pumpkin Banana Muffins. Yum. These turned out so moist and great, that even Hubs ate them (THREE of them) and he is generally NOT a muffin man.Want to make some of your very own?

You'll Need: 

• 3-3 1/2 ripe bananas, mashed
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
• pumpkin puree (about the equivalent of one can...or you can just buy a can!)
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups unbleached, all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease your muffin pan.

I threw the bananas, pumpkin puree, eggs, honey, brown sugar, vanilla, and the applesauce into my food processor and turned it on low just until it was all combined.

Then I put all the dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl and whisked it all together.

Add the banana mixture to the flour mixture and stir until combined.  I use an ice cream scoop to equally distribute the batter to the 12 compartments of the muffin tin.  Bake for about 20-25 minutes or until done.

Hubs suggested that next time I throw in some walnuts or maybe make a streusel to go on top, but I think these were perfect the way they were!  Mmmmm.... A great way to use up the fall harvest!

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