Getting ready to make some comfort food moon cycle muffins aka:

Chunky Monkey Bran Muffins

1 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 cup oat bran
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) earth’s best buttery stick
3/4 c. unsweetened applesauce
2 medium bananas – 1 really brown to mash and 1 spotty brown to slice
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
optional — add 1/4 cup of chocolate chips, raisins, or coconut if you want

**consider using organic ingredients where you can – it’s good for you and the earth**

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line or grease 12 muffin cups.

Combine the whole wheat flour, oat bran, salt, and baking soda in a small bowl. Melt the buttery
stick in a small saucepan or in the microwave on high for 30 seconds. In a large bowl mash the
really ripe banana and then combine with the melted buttery stick, applesauce, and brown sugar.
Then slice the other banana into the bowl – slice into quarters lengthwise then 1/2 inch chunks.
Mix this in with a rubber spatula. Add the flour mixture to the banana mixture and stir until
just blended.