Sunny Side Up: Naked Cupcakes

I love muffins!! Or, as Jim Gaffigan would call them, naked cupcakes (I think it should be known that I also love clothed cupcakes!!) I also love baking… sooo, today, Selah and I baked oatmeal blueberry and banana muffins, a recipe I got from my amazing sister-in-law, Malinda, or as Selah would call her, AuntieBalinda –no space needed, it all tends to run together-

I don’t always bake with Selah, but when I feel I have the necessary energy and I have mentally prepared myself for the task, we both really enjoy it! Common phrases often heard in the kitchen during these baking sessions are:

“Remember, a good helper is a good listener.”

“Oh, cover your… well, at least these are just for us right?”

There’s also a lot of smiles and giggling, mostly to mask my inner apprehensions at what all could possibly go wrong with a three-year-old and flour/eggs/a wisk/can of Pam/you get the idea!

Also, today I realized she doesn’t know how to pronounce vanilla...who knew?!

Enough blabbing, here’s the recipe!

Ingredients

¾ cup flour

¾ cup whole wheat flour

¾ cup sugar

¼ cup oat bran

¼ cup oats

¼ cup wheat germ

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

¼ tsp. salt

1 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen)

1 extra ripe banana (mashed)

1 cup buttermilk

1 egg

1 Tbsp. vegetable oil

1 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 350* and grease muffin tins.

In large bowl mix dry ingredients (flour through salt).

Then fold in the blueberries. In a separate bowl wisk together the wet ingredients (banana through vanilla). Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and stir just until moistened. Fill muffin tins about 2/3 way full.