I really love banana and walnut muffins but my girls cant take anything with nuts in to school. So I started replacing the walnuts with choc-chips. You can really add whatever you like. Sometimes I use more chocolate chips, or less, or dark chocolate, or milk chocolate. In this recipe I used dark chocolate bits in the mixture and caramel chocolate bits on top - that was what I had in my pantry :)
Another handy hint for you is that when your bananas become over-ripe in the fruit bowl you can either use them straight away in your cooking or usually what I do is I put them in a plastic bag (with the skin on) and put them in the freezer until I need them.
Bananna
Choc-chip muffins
2
cups SR flour
1
cup plain flour
1
teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1
cup raw sugar
2
eggs, lightly beaten
1
½ cups milk
¾
cup oil
2
medium over-ripe bananas, peeled and roughly mashed
100
g milk choc bits + 50g milk choc bits for topping
Place
flour, bicarbonate of soda and sugar in a large mixing bowl and stir together
with a wooden spoon.
Add
eggs, milk, oil, banana and chocolate chips and stir through with wooden spoon.
Do not over-mix. It should be lumpy.
Add
a dash more milk if it seems to dry (this sometimes depends on the size of the
eggs and bananas used).
Line
a muffin tray with large muffin patty pans. This recipe makes 18 large muffins.
I like to use an icecream scoop to fill the pans - quick, easy and gives even sized portions.
Top
each muffin with 3-5 little choc chips.
Bake
in 200degC oven for 20 mins or until golden brown and firm.
Note: I like to use raw sugar but you could use white sugar or brown sugar if that is what you have or prefer.
Happy Baking!
hugs xx
