The Best Banana Muffins Ever! P.S. they're vegan

These muffins are amazing! Moist, banana-ey, healthyish, and totally vegan (don't worry, your devout meat-eater friends and family won't be able to tell the difference)!  I try to double or triple this recipe whenever possible and freeze some of these delicious darlin's for a later time; how many I make is usually dictated by the number of ripe bananas I can get my hands on. 




Use vegan versions 

• 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 RIPE bananas, mashed
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (essential)
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit (190 degrees C).  Line 12 muffin cups with foil cups or grease cups with shortening (my preferred method).  Mash bananas in a large mixing bowl with a potato masher.  Add to them brown sugar, apple sauce, and oil.  Mix well.  Dump flours, oatmeal, salt, soda and powder to the bowl on top of your wet stuff.  Fork dry ingredients together to disperse soda, powder and salt then mix everything together with a spatula until just combined (you could use an extra bowl to combine dry stuff but who wants to have to do more dishes).  Fold in chocolate chips and nuts.  Add 1/3 cup portions of batter to muffin cups.  Bake 15ish minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted to center of a muffin. 

Note: be sure you're testing the actual muffin with the toothpick and not a chunk of banana or it will never come out clean and you'll end up with a sad, hard, burned hockey puck.  Cool in pan for 5 minutes then turn out onto cooling rack and cool completely.  Display artfully on raised cake plate if consumption will take less than 4 days or store in a freezer bag in fridge for 1-1 1/2 weeks or in freezer for many weeks (not sure how many exactly because mine don't usually last more than 2)

Happy eating!