Saturday, June 28

Lily & Ben Bake Muffins

At some point over most weekends, I like to have the kids help me bake. Nothing beats the smell of something yummy cooking in the oven and the kids look so cute in their little aprons. Although I love to cook, I am notorious for poor baking. My brownies are always over cooked, breads are half raw, cakes fall... My problem is that I don't like to follow directions, and always think I can improve upon a recipe. With baking, that's not the best idea.

This recipe is fail proof, even by me. I always have the basic ingredients on hand, and just add what I feel like: Chocolate chips, walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg etc. I always freeze bananas and just nuke them to defrost. You can half the butter and use a bit of applesauce too... No matter what they always turn out delicious.

Impossible to Mess Up Banana Muffins
* 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 4 large mashed bananas
* 3/4 cup white sugar
* 1 egg
* 1/3 cup melted butter
* (add nuts/chocolate chips/spices etc.)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all ingredients.
Scoop into muffin liners or greased tins. Bake for about 25 minutes.

Super easy. They are the perfect muffins to make when your husband casually mentions at 8:00 PM that you are having guests for brunch the next day. (Yup, that happened yesterday) Of course, that only means that you don't have to share with him, and get more for yourself. Enjoy!

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Theresa said...

Oooohhh.. a nice new recipe to try! And it looks pretty idiot proof too. I love those throw-it-all-together-and-mix-it-up type recipes :)

Trooper Thorn said...

Now that it's summer, the bananas are going riper faster than I can eat them. The kids will only eat so many banana pancakes, and I can't replace every meal with a meal replacement banana shake.

I'll give your muffins a whirl.

noble pig said...

Oh yummy, the kids would love to help doing this!

Threeundertwo said...

My kids are so evil, they let bananas sit on purpose so they get overripe so I'll make banana bread. This is a great alternative!

jennyflower said...

Thanks for the recipe! I have just tagged you, not a little shyly on my blog as you so often make me chuckle, and my other half gets sick of me making him read bit of your posts!

Candid Carrie said...

It looks like she is really making the most out of that opportunity to stir some glop in a bowl!