Every month at my office, we celebrate birthdays/anniversary’s. I almost always bake something, and even though I’ve made banana chocolate chip muffins I wanted to make a different version.
So I googled “banana muffins” and this recipe was the first one to pop up and it sounded great, so I went with it! It’s from a site called Simply Recipes.
INGREDIENTS
3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
1/3 cup melted butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 Tbsp espresso or strong coffee (optional) * I didn’t use that
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of salt
1 1/2 cup of flour
1 cup chopped walnuts (toasted or raw) * No nuts for me!
Directions:
No need for a mixer with this recipe.
1 Preheat the oven to 350°F. With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl.
2 Mix in the sugar, egg, espresso (if using) and vanilla.
3 Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in.
4 Add the flour, mix until it is just incorporated. Fold in the chopped walnuts (if using).
5 Pour mixture into a prepared muffin tin. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
Makes 12 muffins.
I actually used bananas that were frozen in my freezer. I defrosted them, but they were still pretty cold and I wasn’t sure if it would make the batter too mushy, but it didn’t at all!
Christina, you have to make these, since I know you have bananas in your freezer right now!!
I doubled the recipe to make 24 and they were gone very fast!
My next baking experience didn’t turn so hot! I made chocolate chip cookies and even though I followed the directions, this is how they turned out!
It was like one GIANT cookie! WTF? So I added more flour to the rest of the batter, and the next ones turned out fine. I hate when that happens! One of my sons actually liked the flat ones because they were super chewy. They were pretty gross!
Have a super day!
12 responses so far ↓
1 Meghan // Jan 21, 2010 at 2:59 pm
I love Simply Recipes! Those banana muffins sound great! I’ve had that happen to cookies before too. I prefer a more traditional cookie, but I know a lot of people like them like that – they say they are ‘toffee-like’
2 Ally @ Sweet & Savory // Jan 21, 2010 at 3:14 pm
I’m sad b/c I don’t have any bananas in my freezer right now! I also have to bake cookies tonight for a gathering tomorrow…hope might don’t all bake together!
3 My Year on the Grill // Jan 21, 2010 at 3:39 pm
well sure, too much butter in the mix… i would love em too!
4 noble pig // Jan 21, 2010 at 4:52 pm
I make a banana-choc-chip-peanut butter version…yum!!
5 Natasha - 5 Star Foodie // Jan 21, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Banana muffins sound excellent! We also had some banana muffins (with white chocolate chips) for breakfast this morning!
6 unconfidentialcook // Jan 21, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Simply Recipes is wonderful, and she is lovely (as well as a clever cook). It’s cold and rainy here…and I’m glad I don’t have a whole batch of these waiting for me….
7 Errign // Jan 21, 2010 at 8:45 pm
I have had that happen to cookies too – always amusing!
Now I am craving baked goods!
8 Christina // Jan 21, 2010 at 8:54 pm
The bananas are taking over my freezer again, I need to go on a huge baking adventure, too! Maybe I’ll mix it up and make some muffins too instead of just all loaves!
9 fittingbackin // Jan 21, 2010 at 9:12 pm
oh i hate when cookies do that! Make shapes out of it! hehe
10 cheffresco // Jan 22, 2010 at 2:04 am
Aw man bummer on the huge flat cookie! Looks like your muffins are delicious though!
11 Jasmine (Sweet and Fit) // Jan 22, 2010 at 5:18 pm
banana and chocolate chip go so well together! you didn’t mess up those chocolate chip cookies – you made a cookie cake
12 Dimitry // Jan 25, 2010 at 12:02 am
love banana muffins, and I personally like the chewy cookies also.
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