I changed the orange juice to apple juice and instead of the oil I use applesauce. Instead of reg. sugar I used splenda, but still used reg. brown sugar. Instead of oat bran I used bran flakes and made them into flour to get the right amt. they turned out yummy!!!
I have made many banana muffins in the past, but these are by far my favorite! I added about 1/8 c of ground flax and used raisins instead of the nuts. My wife and I had them eaten in a day!
This recipe is delicious! We are trying to cut back on junk in the house, but still need a little "fluff" to go with tea, and this fit the bill quite nicely. Just remember that this is a bran muffin, not a cakey-sweet one! Changes made: used All Bran cereal, soaked in the orange juice (light) to soften and added to wet ingredients. Substituted strawberry-banana applesauce for the oil, added 1 tsp of vanilla. Used 1C white, 1C wheat flour. Pureed four small bananas, chunked three small bananas. To a few, added a dollop of local dark honey to top of muffin prior to baking.
I followed the recipe without doing any modifications and the result was a healthy, hearty, moist, perfectly spiced Banana bran muffin. My only complaint is that we could taste the baking soda/powder. I will reduce the amount next time. THX
Like other reviewers I used applesauce in place of oil. As well, I used Splenda regular and brown instead of "real" sugar, and omitted nuts to cut calories. This is a very pliable--as in apparently you can't do much to ruin it--recipe! The only mistake I made was to use paper liners...and we lost half of each muffin stuck to paper. My bad!
I love this recipe, so easy to put together and great flavor. I cut down on the allspice a bit to get more banana flavor to come thru.
This is what I was looking for--moist, flavorful, and healthy. I substitued cider for the OJ, and applesauce for most of the oil--I just added 2 tbsp. oil. I added raisins too because we like them. They came out great!
amazing, really moist and light. I made as outlined (except no nuts as allgeric) and also made using honey instead of the sugars (and using just a little less overall) and both versions were great.
Fabulous. I substituted wholegrain spelt flour for the whole wheat and canola for the vegetable oil. I left the banana chunks kind of big, will really make them soft for next time. Excellent taste.
