Sunday, July 26, 2009

Beautiful Banana & Fig Quickbread/Muffins


This healthy recipes is one my all time personal favourites, banana and fig with the honey & orange muffins/ Quickbread is a taste made in heaven and is so full of flavour, this recipe can be dairy free
too !!!!

3 mashed rip bananas [about 1 cup]
6 rip fresh red figs or 1 cup dried figs
2 eggs
2 tablespoon cinnamon
1 1/2 cup milk or orange juice Water down [ juice can over power the figs ]
3 cups self -rising flour
1/4 cup caster sugar
1/4cup honey
1/4 cup flax seeds
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
sunflower seeds sprinkle on top as well
Canola Cooking spray
METHOD :

  • Preheat oven 180*C (350*F)
  • Mash the banana & figs using a Potato masher in a large Mixing Bowl add cinnamon , eggs, milk or buttermilk, honey & vegetable oil .Whisk together all these ingredients.
  • On top of the banana mixture sifted the flour add the flax seeds & sunflower seeds,
    please don't over mix.
    Just fold in the flour using a s Silicone Spatula until mixture is wet .
  • If you think the mixture to dry: hard to fold the flour in then add 1/4 cup of milk in & fold the milk in.
    Pour into a grease loaf tin Sprinkle with sunflower seeds on top & push the seeds into the mixture ( so the seed do not fall off when you turn the loaf out )or muffin 12 cup With the muffin sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
  • Bake in moderate oven for 1 1/4 hrs .Stand 5 mins before turning onto wire rack to cool Enjoy!
  • TIP: Storage time 3 days Guaranteed the loaf will be eaten be then.
    Good for lunch Box for school Yes you can make this recipes into muffins .

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