Banana Bread without the bananas.... and without the flour

First of all I want to point out that I'm not the only person in my kitchen. The kid is a great cook and I love what he comes up with!

This may or may not be the real reason why I taught my son to cook pic.twitter.com/rHl85QdCX6
— Amerika (@amerikag) February 14, 2015

But the result of so many cooks in the kitchen is that sometimes I start making a recipe with kitchen staples only to find out that those staples aren't in the kitchen....

Today was one of those times.

Here's my usual Banana Muffin recipe:

Banana Crumb Muffins

INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 cups normal flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 bananas, mashed
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/3 cup butter, melted

Crumb Topping
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons normal flour
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon frozen butter, grated (keep it in the freezer until you need it)

DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a cupcake pan.
2. In a large bowl, mix together 1 1/2 cups flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, beat together bananas, sugar, egg and melted butter. Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened. Spoon batter into prepared cupcake pan.
3. In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and cinnamon. Grate frozen butter into the mixture. It should resemble coarse cornmeal. Sprinkle topping over muffins.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.

It's pretty delicious, but not as easy to make when you don't have those key ingredients....

So I adapted:

Pumpkin Whole Wheat Muffins

INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 cups atta flour (finely ground whole wheat flour)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup cooked pumpkin
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
60 grams butter
25 grams oil

DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a cupcake pan.
2. In a large bowl, mix together 1 1/2 cups atta, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, beat together pumpkin, sugar, egg and melted butter. Stir the pumpkin mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.

They turned out delicious and I took them over to a new expat's house. Her kids loved them.