These Summoned The F-Bomb

This morning I decided to let my guy sleep in while I got up and made breakfast. I made coffee and eggs, but my main dish was going to be banana crunch muffins. I looked up a recipe that called for white sugar and enriched flour and thought, "How can I modify this recipe without giving it that 'THIS HAS BEEN MODIFIED' flavor?" I figured I would just go with my gut and see how it comes out. So I mixed up my little concoction, substituting some of the sugar for honey and all purpose flour for a combination of ground oatmeal* and whole wheat flour. As they were just finishing up baking, I went and woke my guy up. The first words that came out of his mouth were, "Something smells awesome!" His guess was pancakes. So I served him up a big cup of coffee, a mound of eggs, and two muffins. He took one bite of his muffin and said, "These are F-ing awesome!" (only not as mild, lol). He told me he didn't really like muffins because they were dry, but these came out super moist and rich (and delicious!). The honey and the oatmeal are what kept them so moist. He said these are DEFINITELY a do again!

*I just took oatmeal and ground it in my coffee grinder till it was super fine. If you don't want to use oatmeal (they probably won't come out as moist) you can just use whole wheat flour instead.

My Guy's rating*: 4.5

F-ing Awesome Banana Crunch Muffins
3/4 c. ground oatmeal
3/4 c. whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 bananas, mashed
1/2 c. honey
1/4 c. white sugar
2 egg whites, lightly beaten
1/3 cup light butter, melted
3 tbsp. packed brown sugar
1 tbsp. ground oatmeal
dash ground cinnamon
1/2 tbsp. light butter, melted

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease 12 muffin cups, or line with muffin papers.

In a large bowl, mix together oatmeal, flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, beat together bananas, honey, sugar, egg whites and melted butter. Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups (about 1/4 c. batter in each muffin cup).

In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, oatmeal, and cinnamon. Stir in butter until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle topping over muffins.

Bake in preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.

*rating out of 5