Apple Banana Muffins

- 1 cup rolled oats
-1/3 cup all purpose flour
-2/3 cup whole wheat flour
-1/2 cup chopped walnuts
-1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
-1 tsp baking soda
-1 tsp baking powder
-1/4 tsp salt
-1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalter butter
-1 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
-1 medium very ripe banana, mashed
-1 apple peeled, cored, and chopped
-1/2 cup brown sugar
-2 large eggs
-1 tsp vanilla extract
-1/2 cup light sour cream
-cooking spray, for muffin pans

You can jazz these up by adding some simple strudel on the top by cutting up 2 tbsps butter, 1/3 rolled oats, 1/4 tsp cinnamon, and 4 tbps brown sugar. They taste great either way. The choice of apple is up to you. I opted for a tart Granny Smith Apple, but you can always choose a sweeter variety. These muffins can be prepared with a large variety of substitutions.

Preheat oven to 350. Grease 18 muffin cups, set aside. Process 1 cup of oats until ground into a coarse flour. Add oats to a large mixing bowl, along with chopped walnuts, baking powder, baking soda cinnamon, and salt.

In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, on at a time, then stir in the mashed banana, applesauce, and chopped apple. Stir in sour cream .

Add wet mixture into dry mixture and stir just until blended. Spoon batter into prepared muffin pans.

Bake in preheated oven (350 F) for 20 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and allow to continue cooling. Store in an air tight container, or wrap individually and freeze, whatever works best for you!

Serving Size: Makes 18 muffins in a standard muffin/cupcake pan

Number of Servings: 18

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SAMEANDTONIL.