Banana Muffins

posted by Mina

Feb 13, 2016 2992 14 0

Banana muffins are one of the most versatile muffins you can make. Today I am sharing with you my simple recipe, but it is yours for the personalizing! So many different flavors and ingredients go well with bananas, especially when baked, and this moist and flavorful recipe serves as the perfect base.

Bananas in baking

Bananas are an excellent ingredient in cooking and baking alike, serving as so much more than just a nutritious snack. I will place some more ways to incorporate bananas into your baking but using them as substitutes works wonders. Vegans especially can replace eggs with bananas to make recipes vegan-friendly with nearly identical results. 1 banana = 1 egg. To decrease the fat in recipes, bananas can substitute butter in equal amounts, and oil with 1 cup oil = 3/4 cup mashed banana.

Pro tips

Your ingredients should be at room temperature when starting. This is true for much of baking but with muffins it especially helps make your muffins fluffy when baking.
It is best to use overripe bananas for this recipe.
If you over mix your batter, your muffins will likely come out hard. If you under mix, your muffins likely won’t rise. Baking is a science after all!
If your muffin is under baked in the middle, your oven may be too hot. Remember no oven is the same so you may need to decrease the temperature.
Using muffin liners helps with removal and serving your muffins beautifully right away.
This recipe is for 12 standard size muffins but this time I made 8 in jumbo size.

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