Cinnamon flavored Oatmeal

Category: Breakfast/ Oats   
Preparation Time: 2 mins    
Cooking Time: 3-5 mins    
Servings: 1-2 servings

Cinnamon flavored Oatmeal

 Ingredients: 

• Oats (Quick cooking or old-fashioned) - 1/2 cup
• Milk, boiled and cooled -  1 cup (adjust as per requirement)
• Cinnamon powder - 1/2-1 tsp (adjust as per requirement)
• Honey - 1 tbsp / as needed

Method:

1. Cook oats with milk; Since I used quick cooking oats, I cook in microwave for 2 mins
2. To the cooked oatmeal, add Cinnamon powder and mix well
   
3. Drizzle honey as per required sweetness and mix well
   
4. Serve warm!
   

Cinnamon sprinkled Banana - Walnut Muffins (Whole Wheat)

Category: Baking
Preparation Time: 10 mins  
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Servings: yields 12 muffins

Cinnamon-Banana-Walnut Muffin

Ingredients: 

Dry Ingredients:

• Wheat Flour / Atta - 1 1/2 cup
• Baking soda - 3/4 tsp
• Baking powder - 1/4 tsp
• Salt - 1/4 tsp

Wet Ingredients:

• Banana, ripen - 2 nos (long variety)
• Eggs - 2 nos
• Butter, melted- 1/2 cup
• Honey - 1/3 cup
• Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
• Cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp

Other Ingredients: 

• Walnuts, chopped - 1/2 cup
• Wheat flour - 1-2 tsp 
• Oil spray / oil - for greasing
• Cinnamon sugar - as required 

(Cinnamon sugar can be prepared by mixing 1/4 cup of sugar with 1 tbsp of ground cinnamon and stored in air tight container)

Cinnamon Sugar

 Method: 

1. Pre heat oven to 350 F for 10 mins
2. Grease the muffin tray or line it with muffin liners and keep it ready
3. In a sieve, add the wheat flour, Baking soda, Baking powder and salt. Sieve the dry ingredients into a wide plate/bowl
   
4. In another bowl, mash the bananas well or we can blend it in blender
   
5. To this add the melted butter, blend well
   
6. Add in the eggs and honey, mix well until combined
   
7. Add the vanilla extract and cinnamon powder, mix together to form uniform mixture
   
8. Add 1-2 tsp of wheat flour to the walnuts and mix well so it gets uniformly dusted (this step is to prevent sinking of the nuts while baking)
   
9. Add the sieved flour into the wet mixture and mix well till combined
   
10. Add the nuts into the batter and mix gently
    
11. Spoon the batter into muffin cups; fill only 3/4 th of the cup 
    
12. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the top of the muffins
    
13. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 mins or until its done (can be checked by using tooth pick method)
    
14. Once its done, remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5 mins
    
15. Then transfer the muffins from the tray to cooling rack
    
16. Serve Warm with a glass of milk!