The holiday season always brings out the best in me, especially when it comes time for planning the meals or special treats for the grandchildren. I dig through my recipe boxes and find all my holiday favorite foods. This summer at our local produce store they ran a special on blueberries. I couldn’t resist to stock up on fresh blueberries for canning, freezing, and making a blueberry cheesecake this summer. Now that Thanksgiving is near I have decided for breakfast to make my grandchildren, my famous banana blueberry muffins. 

The wonderful thing about this recipe is you’re not limited to blueberries. I have made this recipe with cranberries, raspberries, apples, apricots, peaches, and even pumpkin. The muffins stay fresh for 4 days or you can freeze them and they stay fresh for a month. Also, if you are looking for a great banana nut recipe add extra bananas to replace the blueberries and some walnuts and you have a delicious banana nut muffin. 

Ingredients:

• 3 Cups packed bananas, creamed
• 2 Teaspoons salt
• 2 Cups vegetable oil
• 5 ½ Tablespoons baking powder
• 3 ½ Cups vegan, raw sugar
• 3 Cups soy milk or hemp milk
• 8 Cups flour or gluten free flour
• 3 Cups fresh or frozen blueberries or any fruit
• 36 Paper cupcake liners 

Directions:

1. Use a 5 quart mixing bowl; add bananas, salt, and oil.
2. With mixer set on low speed mix ingredients in mixing bowl until creamy.
3. Add vegan sugar and baking powder; continue to mix on low speed.
4. Add soy or hemp milk and flour, add flour slowly.
5. When adding the flour use a spatula and scrape the sides of the bowl while you are mixing the flour into the other ingredients.
6. Turn off your mixer and add your blueberries.
7. With your spatula, fold the blueberries into the batter.
8. Line 36 – count muffin pan with paper.
9. Pour the batter into the muffin pan ¾-full.
10. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.
11. Test the center of your muffins with a toothpick. If the toothpick comes out clean, the muffins are cooked. 

The hot muffins are so good on Christmas morning. I wake up early on Christmas and make a batch of fresh banana blueberry muffins for my family. Enjoy some hot banana blueberry muffins this holiday season!

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