Easy Banana Muffins with Chocolate Chips
Ingredients
Banana and Chocolate Chip Muffins:
- 225 g of self raising flour
- 115 g of caster sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- 175 ml of milk
- 55 g of banana flesh
- 2 large eggs
- 115 g of butter melted
- 1 teaspoons of vanilla extract
- 140 g of chocolate chips
Other:
Banana Flavoured Butter Cream (Optional):
- 50 ml of milk
- 50 g of banana flesh
- 200 g of butter softened
- 200 g of icing sugar
Instructions
Banana and Chocolate chip Muffins:
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Pre-heat you oven to 180 degrees C (350 degrees F)
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Mix the self raising flour, sugar and salt in a bowl.
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Add the milk, banana flesh, your eggs, your melted butter and vanilla extract to a blender, and then blend until smooth and well combined.
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Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, and whisk together until you get a smooth batter.
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Put a muffin case in each dip of a 12 hole muffin tin. Then spray each muffin case with cooking spray.
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Transfer the batter to each muffin case evenly, then bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
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Put a skewer in the middle of a muffin, and take it out. If the skewer is clean, the muffin is cooked, if there appears to be some batter on the skewer, continue cooking the muffins for 3-5 more minutes.
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From there, transfer the muffins on a cooling rack if you have one, then remove the muffins from the cases once they have cooled enough.
Banana Flavoured Buttercream (optional):
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Blend the banana flesh and milk and a blender until you have a smooth mixture.
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Use an electric mixer to beat the butter for a few minutes in a large bowl, until fluffy and pale in colour.
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Add the icing sugar in about 3-4 additions, whisking through until lump free each time.
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Finally, add the blended banana and milk, then whisk through one last time.
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Pipe or spread the frosting on the cooled muffins and serve or store away.
Recipe Notes
- Take the time to make sure that the 12 muffin cases are filled evenly with batter.
- You can either blend with the wet ingredients or mash the banana before adding it to the batter. Blending the banana will result in just having the banana flavour in the muffin. Mashing the banana will result in having chunks of banana in the muffin, leaving you with some texture.
- You can add and/or replace dried fruits like sultanas or dried cranberries to the batter. I like to steep them in boiling water for about half a minute, then drain them before adding. Just to re-hydrate them.
- You can add spiced like cinnamon or nutmeg to add flavour and fragrance.
- You can subtract 20 grams of flour from the recipe, then replace it with cocoa powder to add a chocolate flavour.
- Feel free to freeze these muffins in an air tight container.
- The banana flavoured butter cream icing is optional for these muffins. Depending on your preferred taste.