Bake a fruity muffin with a whole-grain boost from Banana Nut Cheerios® cereal.
Banana-Date Muffins
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 35 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups Banana Nut Cheerios™ cereal
- 1 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup chopped pitted dates or raisins
- 1 1/2 teaspoons coarse or granulated sugar
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 400°F. Spray bottoms only of 12 regular-size muffin cups with cooking spray, or line with paper baking cups. Spray bottoms only of paper baking cups with cooking spray. In large resealable food-storage plastic bag, coarsely crush cereal with rolling pin or meat mallet to measure 1 3/4 cups.
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Step2In large bowl, mix crushed cereal, flour, brown sugar, baking soda and salt. In medium bowl, beat buttermilk, oil, vanilla and egg until blended. Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in dates. Spoon batter into muffin cups. Sprinkle with coarse sugar.
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Step3Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from pan to cooling rack. Serve warm or cool.
Nutrition
180
Calories
6g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
28g
Total Carbohydrate
14g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Muffin
- Calories
- 180
- Calories from Fat
- 50
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 9%
- Saturated Fat
- 1/2g
- 3%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 6%
- Sodium
- 230mg
- 9%
- Potassium
- 120mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 28g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 5%
- Sugars
- 14g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 4%
- 4%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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