Apple banana muffins for breakfast

Ever wake up craving for some freshly baked muffins? Maybe it's the pregnancy, I'm not sure, but this morning I just needed to bake some muffins.

The original recipe came from here, but I did modify it. I wanted to share with you right away, because it came out so delicious! The original recipe was for banana and nuts, but N. is not a fan of nuts at all. So that had to come out. I also wanted to change some things around to try and get some extra yumminess in there. So, here's the end result. If you do try it, let me know how you like it.

Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 cups of whole wheat flour
• 1/3 cups of sugar
• 2 teaspoons of baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt
• 1 beaten egg
• 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons of low fat milk
• 1/4 apple sauce
• 3/4 cup mashed bananas (about 2 long bananas)
• 1/2 cup of an apple, peeled and diced
• a pinch of cinnamon and brown sugar

Steps:

1. Grease a muffin pan and preheat the oven to 400 F
2. In a medium bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture.
3. In a different bowl, combine the egg, milk, apple sauce, and bananas into the flour mixture. Mix the batter up just until moist, but still lumpy, then add the diced apple. 
4. Pour into the greased muffin cups (2/3 full) then add an apple slice (or smaller piece) on top, then sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. 
5. Bake for 18-20 minutes (or until it passes the toothpick test!). Cool and eat. 

Well, try to let it cool. We couldn't even wait 5 minutes, they smelled so wonderful. They tasted just as good too.

What do you crave for breakfast?

Fall goodness

I love Fall.

Loooooooooove it.

The colors, the smells, the cooling off after a hot and muggy summer, what's not to love?And the tastes! Pumpkin pie, apple pie, butternut squash baked with brown sugar and cinnamon... Oh my.

And all the anticipation building up to the holiday season with Thanksgiving just around the corner and then Christmas/the winter solstice/Chanukah. I get giddy just thinking about all the fun we'll have.

So yeah, Autumn makes me happy.

What do you know, it's already started. We went apple picking a couple of weeks ago, and I'd like to share with you some of the results. Oh, and that jam you see there? It's caramel apple jam and it's amazing. I highly recommend it.

What does Fall feel like for you?