If you Give A Moose A Muffin - Lesson Plan

Read the book If you Give A Moose A Muffin by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond. 
A silly story that uses a series of cause and effect situations from a simple kind gesture of giving a moose a muffin.

Make some yummy muffins!

Banana Pumpkin Muffins

Ingredients:
2 large ripe bananas
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 granulated sugar
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup applesauce
1 egg
1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour or all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp pumpkin spice
1/2 tsp salt

Directions: Preheat oven to 375. Grease muffin tins with nonstick cooking spray. Puree bananas. Mix bananas, pumpkin, sugar, milk, applesauce, and egg in medium bowl until well blended. Combine flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and salt in a large bowl. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture just until moistened. Spoon batter into muffin tins, filling 2/3 full. Bake for 20-22 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.


Banana Applesauce Oat Muffins

Ingredients:
1 egg
3 large over-ripe bananas, mashed
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup whole wheat flour or all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup quick cooking oats
1 tsp cinnamon (optional)
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)

Directions: Preheat oven to 350. Grease muffin tins with nonstick cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine egg, bananas, brown sugar, applesauce, and vanilla. In a medium bowl stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir the oatmeal into the flour mixture. Gently stir the flour mixture into the banana mixture. Fold in chocolate chips. Spoon batter into muffin tins, filling 2/3 full. Bake for 20-25 minutes.