Banana Carrot Muffins

It was a muffin morning here yesterday! We needed something wholesome and delicious... and we had bananas in need of mashing (which A & E took care of perfectly - give those gals each a fork, a plate, and a squishy, ripe banana and wham!). 

I turned to my trusty laptop and flipped through a few of my go-to websites and I found this Banana Bread Recipe on Simply Recipes. I initially wasn't sure about the simplicity of it and worried it might be lacking in something. But as I read the recipe reviews, I had to give it a whirl! Here's the recipe, with my modifications in red:

Banana Carrot Muffins
adapted from Simply Recipes

• 3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed 2 ripe organic bananas, smashed
• 1 C finely grated organic carrots
• 1/4 C melted butter 1/4 C organic unsalted butter, melted
• 1 C sugar 1/4 C organic cane sugar + 1/4 C organic sorghum syrup
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp baking soda
• Pinch of salt
• 1 1/2 C flour 1 1/4 C organic whole wheat flour + 1/4 C wheat germ
• Organic raisins
• Chopped organic pecans
• Combine bananas, butter, sugar, sorghum, egg, vanilla, carrot
• Sprinkle baking soda and salt over wet mixture
• Stir in flour
• Add raisins and pecans
• Bake at 350° for 20 minutes

These were some of our best muffins yet! The recipe made a dozen - and there are none left. I bought more bananas at the store last night... I hope they ripen quickly!