Oatmeal Banana Muffins

           For a long time time now, I had been thinking of baking something with oatmeal, and also had a couple of bananas begging to be used and some not so sweet strawberries, so I put everything together and made these muffins with whole wheat flour and oatmeal. Thinking of muffins, I always wonder, what is the big difference between cupcakes and muffins, apart from the icing part, both are made in the same pan and almost made from the same ingredients, to me a lighter and sweeter muffin is almost like a cupcake. Well, coming back to these oatmeal muffins, they turned out to be very moist and not too sweet, a good breakfast or even a teatime snack..

Need To Have

• Whole Wheat Flour - 1 cup
• Oatmeal - 1 cup 
• Bananas - 2 big, very ripe 
• Strawberries - 3/4 cup chopped
• Milk - 3/4 cup
• Brown Sugar - 1/2 cup
• Butter - 4 tablespoons
• Baking Powder - 1 teaspoon
• Baking Soda - 1 teaspoon
• Vanilla Extract - 1/2 teaspoon
• Nutmeg Powder - 1/2 teaspoon
• Lemon Juice - 1 + 1/2 tablespoon
• Salt - a pinch

Method

          Sift the flour with the baking powder and baking soda, mix in the berries and the oatmeal with it.

          Now, melt the butter in a bowl, add the sugar, mashed bananas, and vanilla extract.

          Then add in the milk, followed by the salt, nutmeg powder, mix everything well. Now fold in the flour and strawberries mixture, finally add the lemon juice.

Spoon it into greased muffin pans and bake it at 350F for 25 to 30 mins.

Sending this to Spicy Treats for the Show Me The Hits - Fiber Rich Foods event,

                   to Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes for Srivalli's Kid's Delight event,
                   to Zesty South Indian Kitchen for the Hearth And Soul Blog Hop event,
                   to Ramya's Recipe for the Fruit Fiesta event,
                   to Food Corner for the Midweek Fiesta event,

                   to Vegetarian Tastebuds for Priya's Healthy Diet - Baked Goodies event and

                   to Sizzling Tastebuds for Vardhini's Bake Fest event.     

Note

If you like nutmeg flavor increase it to 1 teaspoon.

Oven timings vary, so check after 20 mins.