Garten's recipe for banana crunch muffins, which she shared in "The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook," via Food Network, has all of the makings of regular banana bread but with a cup of granola added.

Banana bread is a great way to ... simple After following many of Brown's recipes and watching a lot of "Good Eats" on the Food Network, I have come to expect his ingredients to be complex.

Once the bananas are defrosted, add them—peel and all—to a food processor and blend until smooth. Now the rest of the recipe resembles a more traditional banana bread. Cream together the wet ...