Yogurt, Banana, and Pear Muffins

Easy, healthy muffins the kids love for snack and for us they are tasty, low fat, and the ground flax seeds make them fiber rich! What else can you ask for!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 156 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ cup margarine
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• ½ cup light brown sugar
• 2 ripe bananas
• 1 cup vanilla yogurt
• ¼ cup ground flax seeds
• 1 ripe pear, chopped

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line a muffin tin with paper liners.

Step 2

Sift all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, ground flax seeds, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl.

Step 3

Combine bananas, white sugar, brown sugar, and margarine in a separate bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in vanilla extract. Beat in vanilla yogurt gradually. Beat in flour mixture until well blended. Fold pear into the batter.

Step 4

Fill muffin cups 1/3 of the way with batter.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until tops are browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack to cool.