Banana Spice Bread or Cupcakes

This recipe is modified from The Betty Crocker Cookbook, 1969 Banana-Nut Cake, pg.100.

1/2 cup Butter, melted
1 cup of packed Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
3 medium Bananas mashed
1/3 cup of Buttermilk/or
2/3 cup flour, Buckwheat flour for Gluten free
2/3 cup Oat flour
1/2 teaspoon each of Baking Powder, Baking Soda, and Salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ginger
3/4 tsp. cloves
*3/4 cup of dried Cranberries
*3/4 cup of chopped Walnuts

Preheat oven to 350.

Melt the butter in the microwave (or use room temperature butter), mix in sugar.  Add Eggs and beat till mix.  Blitz Bananas in a food processor with the buttermilk, stir into the mixture.  Stir together flour, baking powder, soda, and salt and spices before beating into wet ingredients. Mix in the nuts and cranberries. Secret tip:  I use an ice cream scoop to measure out batter for muffin cups, it is 1/4 cup of batter.

Muffins bake for 25-30 minutes, an 8 x 8 cake or loaf pan will take at least 45-50.  Use the toothpick test if you are unsure.

*Alternative recipe:

Leave out dried fruit and/or nuts.  It will not make as many without the nuts and fruit.