Aronia Berry Muffins

Banana Aronia Muffins from Berry Hill Orchard LLC

This adapted recipe comes from Berry Hill Orchard LLC. They write:
These muffins are delicious, hearty, and filling. The heart-healthy bananas and oatmeal, the buttermilk containing protein, vitamins, minerals and probiotics, and the flavorful, antioxidant-rich berries can make us feel good about eating a muffin that tastes like such a treat. These muffins freeze well and defrost easily.
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Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine All
Servings 18 muffins
Calories 208 kcal

Equipment

  • Potato Masher
  • Hand Mixer or Stand Mixer

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 ripe bananas mashed
  • 1 cup old fashioned oats
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 2 tbsp orange juice
  • ⅔ cup sugar granulated
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp cinnamon
  • orange peel zest to taste
  • 1 egg* room temperature
  • ⅓ cup butter melted and cooled
  • 1 cup aronia berries* frozen preferred
  • 1 tsp flour
  • ¼ cup chopped pecans

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place muffin liners in your muffin tin or coat liberally with oil or butter.
  • In a large bowl add flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Stir and set aside.
  • In a large bowl, mash your bananas with a potato masher or fork. Mix in the butter and eggs with a hand mixer. Now add in your dry ingredients, oats, and buttermilk, and orange juice.
  • Toss the aronia berries with teaspoon of flour to help prevent them from falling to bottom of the muffins and fold them into the mixture, along with the pecans.
  • Once the batter is mixed, spoon into the muffin tin, 3/4 full.
  • Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  • Remove banana aronia muffins from oven and let cool on a baking rack then serve.

Notes

For softer oats you will want to soak your oats in buttermilk for 15-20 minutes. Adapted from https://bakemesomesugar.com/banana-cranberry-muffins-recipe/?fbclid=IwAR38Sc0cd5i9tQa1Z5mCUwI9ksTjEyrSf94ssP4Cs5j2QTPsJJszHcCTkMg.
Berry Hill Orchard LLC is a country orchard located at 24221 Apple Avenue near scenic Fertile, Iowa, growing delicious, healthy natural Aronia berries by following organic principles.

Nutrition

Calories: 208kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 6gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 287mgPotassium: 312mgFiber: 4gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 175IUVitamin C: 43mgCalcium: 66mgIron: 1mg
Keyword aronia berries