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Showing posts with label banana muffins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label banana muffins. Show all posts

February 20, 2013

Banana Chai Chocolate Chip Muffins~Get Your Muffin On

I can't stand wasting food so when I see any amount of bananas about to go bad on my kitchen counter.. it's time to get my muffin on. Kids love muffins and especially when there's a few chocolate chips involved.  They'll eat copious amounts if I let them.

Today was the day.  Four very ripe bananas.  A new recipe I wanted to try.  Banana Chai Chocolate Chip Muffins.



















Here's what you need for success.....{full recipe below that you can print out}

















Sift the flour, baking soda, brown and cinnamon together in a medium bowl and set aside.

















Whisk the banana, oil, chai tea liquid, eggs, salt and vanilla in a bowl.

















Mix the wet with the dry and add chocolate chips last.


















Scoop in to muffin pan and bake.  SO good!  Not too sweet tasting, will go really well with a cup of java or tea..













Banana Chai Muffins

Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
2 cups smashed bananas {I used 4}
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup chai tea liquid
2 large eggs, room temp.
1/8 tsp fine salt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
chocolate chips

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Line muffin pan with liners or use non-stick spray.

Whisk the flour, baking soda, brown sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl and set aside.

Whisk the banana, oil, chai tea, eggs, salt and vanilla in a bowl.

Make a small well in the flour mixture and pour the wet mixture in.  Stir with a wooden spoon until moistened but still lumpy.  If you over-mix, your muffs will come out dense.  Gently stir in the chocolate chips.

Scoop batter in to muffin tin and bake at 375 for 20 minutes


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September 25, 2010

K-1 Cooking Class and Banana Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins with Nutella

Every other Friday I volunteer at Bryce's school to teach cooking to the K-1 class.  As soon as I show up, I'm bombarded with "What are we cooking?!!!" separately asked by every student, numerous times each, on my walk from the playground to the classroom.    I wasn't sure if the recipe I had chosen would be a hit with them or not, but all five of them were extremely excited when they heard we would be baking Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins.  Maybe the fact that chocolate chips were included in the title had something to do with their excitement?  Then when I told them we'd be frosting them with Nutella, they went through the roof!



Here's what you need:






















The kids really enjoyed mashing the bananas and there were plenty to mash....three of them for this recipe!  Healthy right?

If I were making these at home, I wouldn't have used the pan liners but I thought the kids would enjoy separating and placing them in the mini muffin pan.























The kids did a great job scooping the thick batter into the muffin pan without getting the batter everywhere.

















Fifteen minutes later, we had some yummy muffins to enjoy.

But first, after cooling, we frosted with Nutella.  Oh how I love Nutella! 






Unfortunately I forgot to bring my Canon Rebel with me and all I had was my point and shoot....what a difference a camera makes ......next time I'll try to remember the Canon with my macro lens attached.
Enjoy!
I am going to need to make another batch of these at home....one muffin was NOT enough.  As I'm writing this post and looking at the photos, I'm totally craving them!

Here's the quick and easy recipe:

Banana Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins


Ingredients:
• 1 ½ cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• ½ tsp. salt
• 3 large bananas, mashed
• ¾ cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• ¾ cup chocolate chips


Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat muffin pan with non-stick spray or use paper liners. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.

Combine bananas, sugar, egg, melted butter in a large bowl. Fold in flour mixture and mix until smooth. Scoop into muffin pans.

Bake mini muffins for 10-15 minutes and large muffins for 25-30 minutes. Muffins will spring back when lightly tapped.

Frost with Nutella if desired!

Happy Saturday!
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