Strawberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins

What's your dream meal?  The meal that you lay awake in bed at night thinking about indulging in.  The food that you would eat if there were no consequences like cholesterol, calories and diabetes.  Would it be rich and buttery lobster tails, or juicy, slow roasted prime rib or a carbohydrate fest of pasta and bread?  Maybe you'd choose a greasy double cheeseburger from In and Out Burger or go straight to Jeni's for a scoop of ridiculously delicious ice cream.  

Since I'm asking you to share your dream meal with me, I feel it's only fair that I share MY dream meal with YOU.  My dream meal changes and is hardly ever consistent.  It changes based on my mood, hormones, season, etc.  Lately, I've been dreaming about fresh, bottom dwelling seafood like lobster, shrimp and crab dipped in a bowl of salty, melted butter.  And a giant platter of warm, freshly baked bread is absolutely necessary in almost all of my dream meal scenarios.  As for dessert, something fruity and some sort of deep, dark, rich and decadent chocolate creation is also key.  It sounds excessive but after all - it's a DREAM meal.  There are days when my dream meal would consist ONLY of dessert.  🍰 

Everyone's dream meal is going to be different.  But if you dream about fruity, buttery, streusel topped muffins - you might want to consider adding these Strawberry Banana Oatmeal muffins to your dream meal.  These muffins are really exceptional.  I dare say -- dream meal worthy.  

Strawberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins
OATMEAL STREUSEL TOPPING:
 ¼ cup old-fashioned oats
 1 Tablespoon brown sugar
 pinch of ground cinnamon
 1 Tablespoon butter, melted

MUFFINS:
½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs, beaten
3 ripe bananas, mashed
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1cup fresh strawberries chopped & tossed in 1 Tablespoon of flour

Combine streusel ingredients in a small bowl. 

Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. 

Beat in eggs and banana.

Combine dry ingredients in small bowl.

Gently add dry ingredients to egg mixture. 

Toss strawberries with flour. 

Fold strawberries into batter. 

Use an ice cream scoop to get batter into a paper lined muffin pan.  Sprinkle with streusel.

Bake 12-15 minutes at 350.

I really do want to know what's on your dream meal menu.  Send me your comments.  Have you actually eaten your dream meal or is it a compilation of all of the foods that you wish you could eat?  Send me your comments and let me know. 

​Ciao!

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