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Banana Walnut Muffins

30 Thursday Apr 2015

Posted by lewstories in Baking, Food, Photography, Recipes, Still life

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Baking, Bananas, Barley, Breakfast, Cooking, Flour, muffins, Raisins, Syrup, Walnuts

Banana Walnut Muffins

 

 

I have both of Gwyneth Paltrow’s cookbooks, and this muffin recipe is from her first one, “My Father’s Daughter.”  It is very easy to make, and pretty healthy. I, as usual, used what ingredients I have in my house, so it’s a little altered from hers.

Banana Walnut Muffins

1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons canola oil
1 cup whole spelt flour
1 cup white spelt flour
1/2 cup barley flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon fine salt
3 very ripe medium bananas
1/2 cup real Vermont maple syrup
1/4 cup brown rice syrup
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup toasted walnuts, chopped

(I can never find spelt flour, so I used unbleached all purpose and unbleached whole wheat flours. I also did not have barley flour, so I just used 1/2 cup of the whole wheat in its place. Also, I used 3/4 cups of maple syrup because I can never find rice syrup either.)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 12-cup muffin tin or oil them with 2 tablespoons of the canola oil.

Sift the flours, baking soda and salt into a medium-sized bowl. Puree the bananas in a food processor or blender and then add the 1/4 cup of canola oil, syrups and vanilla and pulse to combine. Make a well in the flour mixture and pour in the liquid mixture. Stir just to combine and fold in the raisins and walnuts. Do not over mix or the muffins will be tough. Use an ice cream scoop to distribute the batter evenly among the muffin cups. Bake for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick tests clean. Cool in pan for a few minutes before removing to a cooling rack.

 

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One Tablespoon – Snapshot of the Day, No. 338

29 Sunday Dec 2013

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Food, Gwyneth Paltrow, It's All Good Cookbook, muffins, Photography, Sweet potato

122913_338OneTablespoonRTI got a new cookbook for Christmas: “It’s All Good,” by Gwyneth Paltrow.

Due to some health issues, including migraines, she developed recipes to help eliminate her medical problems.

Hmm. Migraines. Why not?

For a few weeks, at least, I plan on gearing my diet as closely to hers as I can reasonably manage. No coffee, shellfish, soy or alcohol (no problem). No dairy or gluten (small problem). No processed food. (Going to be tough)

Here’s the biggie: No sugar. (Not possible) I must have my morning Coke. But I will cut down on the amount I drink. Not quite a whole one per day.

I adhered to it pretty closely yesterday and felt great all day. We’ll see if it’s just my imagination after a few days.

At the very least, I’ll be healthier for a while. With any luck – it will cut down on my migraines.

My first healthy recipe: Sweet Potato + Five-Spice Muffins

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Raspberry Friands Mishap – Snapshot No. 41

07 Thursday Mar 2013

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food photography, muffins, Raspberry Friands, What Katie Ate

030713_41RaspberryFriandsRMy favorite blog, What Katie Ate, has great recipes! Plus a great new cookbook that I look at constantly for photo inspiration. This is one of the recipes I tried recently, Raspberry Friands. After looking all over town and the internet for almond meal, I’m not sure I did it correctly. They taste funny to me. But they sure look good. I am sure it is operator error because this is one of her more popular recipes. Oh well. I have a lot of almond meal left. I may try again.

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