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Low-fat, oatmeal, chocolate peanut butter and banana muffins

I bought some bananas and within days they were brown.  I wanted to throw them away but decided that they were stil good enough to make into some sort of bread or muffin.  My husband likes baked goods for breakfast so I threw this together.

Ingredients:

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

3 bananas (super ripe)

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons vegetable oil

2 large eggs (100% organic are preferable)

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup old fashioned oatmeal

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

3 Tablespoons chocolate peanut butter

1/2 cup Original Fiber One Cereal (slightly mashed)

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/3 cup agave nectar

Instructions:

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2.  Spray 10 muffin cup liners (I prefer the plastic reusable kind) with Butter flavored PAM

3.  In a large bowl- mix together:

• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. vegetable oil
• 1 cup oatmeal
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 cup Fiber One Cereal
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1/3 agave nectar

4.  In a small bowl mash three over ripe bananas 

5.  Mix in 3 Tablespoons of chocolate peanut butter- any brand (I used Justin's from Whole Foods)

6.  Add two teaspoons vegetable oil and 2 eggs

7.  Using a spatula, mix the banana mixture into the large bowl of dry ingredients until combined

8.  Divide batter evenly between 10 muffin liners

9.  Bake on 350 for 20 minutes

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Final muffins are not intended to be sweet.

Modifications:

• If you want a sweeter muffin, you might want to consider adding some sugar to the recipe.
• Add more chocolate peanut butter or regular peanut butter for a more nutty flavor
• Add nuts for more texture
• Add chcolate chips for more chocolate flavor and texture
• Add a different cereal such as General Mills Honey Nut Clusters for more texture and sweetness