Peanut Butter, Oatmeal, Banana, Chocolate Chip Muffins

By popular demand, here is my recipe for PBOBC Muffins (I need a better name!)

Ingredients:

1 cup flour (I used whole wheat)
3/4 cup quick cooking oats
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 egg
3 ripe bananas
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chocolate chips (I used minis)
1 cup milk
2/3 cup sugar (I used Splenda!)

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare your muffin pans either with paper baking cups or by spraying with non-stick spray.

Peel the bananas and either mash them and put them into a large bowl, or if using a stand mixer, toss them into the mixer and "beat" on low speed until fairly mashed. Add the egg and mix until blended. Then add in the sugar, vanilla, and the milk. After well-blended, add in the peanut butter and mix for about a minute on low speed.

Place the dry ingredients into a smaller bowl and combine. Add to the mixture in the bowl and mix well. Pour in the chocolate chips and mix in on low.

Use a large spoon or an ice cream scoop to drop the batter into the muffin pan. You can either make 12 large muffins or 24 small muffins.

Bake at 350 for about 20 - 25 minutes. Check with a toothpick and remove to cool once done.

Note that I didn't use any oil or butter in this recipe. I always find the bananas to be enough to hold everything together, but if you feel you might need something else, you can always add some applesauce, or if you want to add butter, about 1/4 cup would be my suggestion.

Enjoy!