Easy Banana Nut Muffin Tops

If you like to eat the tops off muffins, this is for you.  No special pan needed, and can be used with almost any muffin recipe.  Kids love them – feels like eating cookies for breakfast, but with much more nutrition.

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Easy Banana Nut Muffin Tops

• ·         1.5 cups flour
• ·         1 cup bran flakes cereal
• ·         ¼ cup sugar (brown or white)
• ·         2 tsp baking soda
• ·         ½ tsp salt
• ·         ½ cup chopped walnuts
• ·         ¾ cup milk
• ·         1 egg, beaten
• ·         2 bananas, mashed (about 2 medium bananas)
• ·         ¼ cup melted butter

Night before:

  

Stir first 6 ingredients together, and cover bowl on counter

Stir milk, egg and banana together, and put in refrigerator

Put butter (half stick) in a glass measuring cup.

Set oven to come on at 375 degrees about a half hour before you get up in the morning

Cover two cookie sheets with parchment, or grease well

Next morning:

Melt butter in microwave and stir into flour mixture.

Stir liquids into flour mixture, until barely combined.  Will be lumps

Put heaping tablespoons full of batter onto prepared pan, separating widely, about 12 per pan

Bake for 18 minutes, or until lightly browned.

NOTES:

·          You may prepare the batter fully the night before, then just spoon and bake.  This will produce more peaked muffin tops.

·         Freeze leftovers for a quick breakfast another day, or for healthy desserts in the lunchbox.