Fenton Power Muffins

“iRun because it’s in my blood.” ~ Caela Fenton

Thanks to Caela Fenton for this big-batch recipe! She says:

“My mother concocted this recipe to give my Dad and me the necessary fuel we need for races. They are nutritious and easy to digest – a perfect pre-run snack. It makes about 6 dozen muffins (haha my family cranks through them!) but if your family can’t make it through that many they keep really well if you freeze them.”

Dry Ingredients:

–          4 cups whole wheat flour
–          1 ¾ cups bran
–          1 ¼ cups flax
–          ½ cup wheat germ
–          3 cups brown sugar
–          4 ½ tsp of baking soda
–          1 ½ tsp salt

Wet Ingredients:

–          6 eggs
–          1 cup oil
–          3 tsp vanilla
–          3 ¾ cups buttermilk
–          3 cups mashed bananas (6 large bananas)
–          3 cups chocolate chips

Instructions:

1)     Pre-heat oven to 375
2)     Mix dry ingredients and wet ingredients separately first and then put them together
3)     Bake muffins for 16-18 minutes or until the tops are firm to the touch

Nutrition information* per approximately 1 muffin:

162 calories, 7.3g fat (1.8g saturated fat, 0.1g trans fat), 23g carbohydrate (2.7g fibre, 14.6g sugar), 3.3g protein.

*Nutrition information was calcuated using the eaTracker Recipe Analyzer, a service of the Dietitians of Canada.