Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

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This week has been a really busy one for me ! Spring days are always like this ! So many happenings and so much chores. The one thing I don't like about Spring is weed picking ! With one light shower comes a truck load of weeds.But this time ,it is so warm for a Spring here ! Isn't mother nature acting so weird this year ? I feel so. I really hope we get some nice rain showers soon,though I'll have to break my back to get rid of all the weeds

Oatmeal Walnuts Dates and Raisins Muffin

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I am always trying to get my kids to put on weight. They are on the lower end of a growth chart, when it comes to weight. Knowing this, whenever I make something they like, I try to incorporate as much calories as possible. Of course, in a healthy way! Recently, my daughter started taking to oatmeal porridge. I grab on to small clues like that. And then I decided to take our oatmeal cookies, which everyone in the family loves, to the next level. While searching for recipes that have oatmeal, I came across this title and immediately knew what to do next. Oatmeal muffins!

Extremely good breakfast muffin! It works well as a snack for the kids too. The mild flavor of cinnamon and vanilla - with a bite of nuts, dates, and raisins will definitely make you want to eat more. I will make this over and over again.

If you have picky eaters at home, try these muffins on them. Highly recommend!

Ingredients:

Rolled Oats- 1 cup
Whole wheat atta flour/AP flour- 1 cup
Brown sugar- 1/2 cup, packed
Baking powder- 1 tsp
Baking soda- 1/2 tsp
Salt- 1/4 tsp
Cinnamon- 1/2 tsp
Toasted Walnuts- 1/2 cup chopped
Raisins- 1/3 cup
Chopped Dates- 1/3 cup
Butter- 1/2 cup/1 stick, melted and cooled
Milk/Buttermilk- 1 cup
Pure Vanilla Extract- 1 tsp
Egg- 1 large, slightly beaten

Method:

1.Preheat the oven at 400 degree F and grease or line a muffin pan with paper liners.
1a. Whisk together the dry ingredients( oats, flour, sugar, salt,baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, walnuts, raisins and dates) in a large bowl.
2.Beat together the butter, milk,egg and vanilla in another bowl.
3.Mix in the wet mixture into the dry mixture. Fold in lightly, not over mixing. Just mix for 10-15 seconds and not more than that. By this time almost everything will be wet.
4.Spoon into the muffin pan and sprinkle with some oats if you want.
5.Bake for about 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
6.Cool on a wire rack completely before storing in an air tight container.

Notes:

1.The original recipe calls for all purpose flour, but I use whole wheat atta, that we use for making rotis.
2.Also I didn't have buttermilk, so I used milk instead.


Recipe Adapted from: Simply Recipes
Contributor: Namitha

Oatmeal Banana Muffins

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  After a roll this week with sinful desserts and pork, let's talk healthy today.  These muffins with oats and whole wheat flour is super soft and delicious.   Great in your tummy and yet gentle on your love handles.

   Don't mistake healthy to be dry flakes falling off the muffin.  No, far from it.  My little guy enjoyed it so much he finished a big huge muffin (huge- used relative to my 2 year olds size). And on a lighter note here is a snippet of dialogue we shared while I was making this recipe:

LM:     Muffin menam ( I want muffin) The words are distorted like when babies first start talking.  Like 'twain' for train etc.

I (Playing along in his child talk): eppo tharame..(Wait a second)

LM(Pouting his lips and giving me a wide eyed doll look): Veleelu vachittu matiye (Only after you have kept it outside)

I: Open jawed, hands on hips making a face at him.

  Did you get it?  He is teasing me! Yeah, the little one is growing up quickly in the teasing department.

  He says 'only after keeping it outside' because I cook and then run outside with it to the patio to photograph.  I do this little hip hop between stove - dish - patio - table thingy.   Therefore now, I am the butt of the joke even for my 2 year old!   Gosh! What do a being do when they have to blog and photograph and feed kids and not have them tease you!!%@%$#



Ingredients:

Brown Sugar- 1/2 cup to 2/3 cup
Oats- 1 cup
Whole wheat flour- 3/4 cup
Baking Powder- 2 tsp
Baking soda- 1/2 tsp
Salt- 1/4 tsp
Eggs- 2
Mashed bananas- 1 cup (3 med)
Vegetable oil/Any oil of your preference- 1/4 cup
Cinnamon powder(optional)- 1/2 tsp
Walnuts chopped- 1/2 cup
Low fat milk/Buttermilk- 1/4 cup



Method:

1.Preheat the oven at 350 degree F.Prepare a muffin pan by either greasing or lining with paper liners.
2.Crush the oats in a blender and mix it with the whole wheat flour,salt,baking powder and baking soda.
3.Beat the eggs and sugar to mix them well.Add oil and mix once more.
4.Spoon in the mashed bananas and cinnamon if you are adding into this and mix well.
5.Finally add the milk/buttermilk and mix again.
6.Pour this wet mixture into the dry mixture and fold in using a wooden/plastic spatula.Also mix in the walnuts in this.
7.Spoon into the prepared muffin pans and bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes or until they are done.



Notes:

1.This recipe gives you 12 standard size muffins.
2.You could add 1 tsp of pure vanilla extract if you prefer.
3.You could add more nuts if you wish.

Sending this to Champa's Bake off event

Recipe courtesy: Various Internet sites
Contributor: Namitha