I originally found this recipe on Pinterest and immediately repinned it because it has everything I love in it: peanut butter, banana, oats and brown sugar! My first time making it, I was pleasantly surprised as to how moist and fluffy the muffin was. Since I make them Tuesday mornings, I usually measure out the dry ingredients the night before and put them in a Ziploc bag so that there is one less step that I have to do in the morning. My first time making these, however, I made the mistake of pre-measuring out the brown sugar and forgot that it would harden when exposed to the air like that. So, that first batch had chunks of brown sugar (which actually was a delicious accident). After making it through my rotation of muffin varieties, I was back to the beginning and made these again, this time holding off on measuring the brown sugar until the morning. Having now made them correctly, I enjoyed the muffin that much more. This morning was my third time making them, which is a testament to how much I like them.
The taste of peanut butter really comes through in the muffin, and the oats add a nice texture to them, while the brown sugar adds a hint of sweetness, as does the banana. I do admit that the taste of banana is not as prominent since peanut butter has a stronger taste, but I love peanut butter so I don't mind. Since my sister and I tend to have opposing tastes in muffins (we really can only agree on the fact that any muffin that has chocolate in it is our favorite), she has a different view of these. Whereas I put the blueberry muffins last on my list and she puts them on the top, I put these towards the top of my list and she puts them at the bottom. She still eats them and says that they are good, she just doesn't like them as much as some other varieties. This could be due to the fact that she is not a huge peanut butter lover, so you really have to like peanut butter if you are going to like these.
Regardless, this muffin variety will remain a staple on my rotation!
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