{"id":1520,"date":"2025-09-05T15:22:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/?p=1520"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:23:17","slug":"cottage-cheese-banana-bran-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/?p=1520","title":{"rendered":"Cottage Cheese Banana Bran Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>I got the original recipe from the internet but modified it a lot.\u00a0 I used brown Splenda, barley flour, 1\/2 of a banana instead of oil, I added a half a banana to give it a little more banana tasted (it&#8217;s not strong, I might use 2 large ones next time and add only 3\/4 c. milk) and added cinnamon and vanilla.\u00a0 I doubled their baking soda and baking powder, didn&#8217;t add salt.\u00a0 They also didn&#8217;t have &#8220;add-ins&#8221; like almonds, raisins, etc.\u00a0 Makes 12 muffins.\u00a0 Without the add-ins, only 2 points!<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\" data-uid=\"0\"><span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount\">1<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit\">c.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\">quick oats<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\" data-uid=\"0\"><label class=\"wprm-checkbox-label\" for=\"wprm-checkbox-1\"><\/label><span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount\">1\/4<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit\">c. <\/span><span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\">oat bran\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\" data-uid=\"0\"><span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount\">1\/4<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit\">c.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\">brown Splenda<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\" data-uid=\"0\"><span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount\" style=\"color: #444444;\">1<\/span><span style=\"color: #444444;\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit\" style=\"color: #444444;\">c. barley<\/span><span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\" style=\"color: #444444;\">\u00a0flour (all purpose can also be used)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\" data-uid=\"0\"><label class=\"wprm-checkbox-label\" for=\"wprm-checkbox-8\"><\/label><span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount\">1<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit\">tsp<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\">baking soda<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\" data-uid=\"0\"><span class=\"wprm-checkbox-container\">2<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit\">tsp<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\">baking powder<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li data-uid=\"0\">3\/4 tsp cinnamon (more or less depending on how much you like cinnamon)<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\" data-uid=\"0\"><label class=\"wprm-checkbox-label\" for=\"wprm-checkbox-2\"><\/label><span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount\">1<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit\">c.<\/span> <span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\">milk<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\" data-uid=\"0\"><span class=\"wprm-checkbox-container\">2<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit\">large<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\">eggs<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\" data-uid=\"0\"><label class=\"wprm-checkbox-label\" for=\"wprm-checkbox-4\"><\/label><span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount\">1\/2<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit\">c.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\">cottage cheese<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li data-uid=\"0\">1 tsp vanilla, a little more if you like<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\" data-uid=\"0\">1.5 medium bananas<\/li>\r\n<li data-uid=\"0\">1\/2 c. sliced almonds, golden raisins, or other preferred add-ins<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Preparation<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Preheat oven to 350 F<\/li>\r\n<li>Mix dry ingredients in a bowl, not add-ins<\/li>\r\n<li>Mix wet ingredients in a separate bowl, not add-ins<\/li>\r\n<li>Incorporate wet and dry ingredients (hold the add-ins for the next step), mix well but don&#8217;t overmix<\/li>\r\n<li>Once mixed, stir your add-ins to the batter<\/li>\r\n<li>Spoon into 12 greased muffin wells (using silicone muffin cups in a muffin tin works well)<\/li>\r\n<li>Bake for 25 min.<\/li>\r\n<li>Enjoy!<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis: 50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis: 50%;\">\u00a0 <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got the original recipe from the internet but modified it a lot.\u00a0 I used brown Splenda, barley flour, 1\/2 of a banana instead of oil, I added a half a banana to give it a little more banana tasted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/?p=1520\">Continue reading <span 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