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I don't know about you, but I really don't like bananas once they start getting brown spots. I know that means
they're ripe but to me, they are simply too soft at that point. Now, instead of buying just one or two bananas, I feel
free to buy a bunch and the ones that we don't eat get added to tasty muffins. I recommend these to you.
Ingredients:
2-1/2 C. All Purpose Flour
1/3 C. Light Brown Sugar (packed)
2/3 C. Granulated Sugar
3-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
3 Tbs. Salad Oil
1 tsp. REAL Vanilla extract
1 C. Milk
1 Egg
1 C. Mashed Banana
1 C. Mini Chocolate Chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Yields about 12 regular muffins or 8-9 large sized muffins. Add ingredients
to large mixing bowl or food processor as you measure them.
| First, mash your bananas. |
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| The easiest way to mash the bananas is with a food processor. |
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| Pulse in food processor till bananas are thoroughly mashed. |
If you don't have a food processor, you can use a blender for this step, a hand masher (such as you would use to mash
potatoes) or the mixer you are using for the rest of this recipe. If you ARE using the mixer, be sure to mix your bananas
first and then simply add the other ingredients to the bananas in the bowl.
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| You'll want about 1 cup of mashed banana (about 2 large or 3 small bananas). |
You can add your bananas to your mixing bowl OR, if you are using a food processor, you may want to simply start adding
the other ingredients into the food processsor and use it to mix them (note that you WOULD add the chocolate chips in
later and stir BY HAND!)
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| Measure 2 and 1/2 C. of All Purpose Flour and add to bowl. |
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| Measure 2/3 C. granulated sugar and 1/3 C. packed brown sugar and add to mixing bowl. |
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| Measure 1 tsp. of salt (you can pretty well do this without a measuring spoon, just use your palm). |
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| Measure 3 Tbs. salad oil and add to the bow. |
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| Measure 1 cup of milk and add to the bowl. |
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| You'll need to crack and add one whole egg (preferably a large egg). |
It is always a good idea to crack open your egg into a small dish and look at it -- this way, if you get an egg that
isn't good, you haven't ruined all your other ingredients. And, this also helps if a tiny bit of egg shell breaks into
the egg. This method gives you the chance to remove that before proceeding on.
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| Measure 3 and 1/2 tsp. of baking powder and add to the bowl. |
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| Measure 1 tsp. of REAL vanilla and add to the bowl. |
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| Stir one cup of mini chocolate chips into the batter. |
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| This recipe produces a lovely batter and your kitchen will smell like bananas. |
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| Grease and flour your muffin pans... or you can use Bakers Joy Spray (c). |
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| Fill muffin cups about 3/4 full. |
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| I used a mini bundt cake pan set for the left over batter. |
Bake very carefully -- especially if you use the Bakers Joy spray. It does have a tendency to brown the outside
of your baked product faster. I suggest trying 10 min. and then testing with a tooth pick. If you use mini Bundt
pans, your muffins will likely be done in 10-12 minutes. Large muffins should take approximately 15 minutes (although
I would test them at 10-12 min.) and regular muffins would probably take 8-10 minutes.
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| Here are the mini Bundt muffins |
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| Here are the large muffins |
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