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Secrets to Great Banana Muffins Recipe Revealed

Secrets to Great Banana Muffins Recipe are revealed by Suzy and Sharon. The Sisters of the Spoon are back for another episode of their cooking show. They are showing off their new wooden spoons. Attending the Midwest Travel Network Conference Suzy stopped at the largest Midwest Flea Market in Amish country, Shipshewana, Indiana and purchased some awesome engraved wooden spoons from the booth Tree Sun Crafts. Don’t freeze those rotten or overripe bananas. You know your kids will find them in your freezer when you die, and oh yuck to have that as your legacy. Insert a laughing emoji here or your horrified child’s face here.

Ha ha, we like to have fun while cooking. All joking aside, secrets to each of these great banana muffins recipes are revealed. Just look at those ingredients! Sharon’s secret to her beloved muffins is her homemade vanilla and the streusel topping. Suzy’s secret to her banana muffins recipe is cinnamon, all those different flours and the chocolate chips. In the Sisters of the Spoon tradition, the sisters have their own style of creating their recipes. Which is better? You be the judge. Sharon’s is a plumper muffin with about double the calories as Suzy’s. Both will have your taste buds singing for more! More of the Sisters of the Spoons dueling recipes search their episodes.

Yield: 15

Sharon's Streusel Topped Banana Muffins

Sharon's Streusel Topped Banana Muffins

The Secret to this delicious banana muffins recipe is the streusel topping made using walnuts and Sharon's homemade vanilla.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 16 minutes
Total Time 26 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups well-mashed ripe bananas 4 medium sized bananas
  • ¼ cup canola oil
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter melted and cooled at least 5 minutes
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup light brown sugar tightly packed
  • 2 large eggs room temperature preferred
  • ¼ cup buttermilk room temperature preferred
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • Streusel topping
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter, cold
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

    Preheat oven to 425F and line a muffin tin with paper liner 

Place peeled bananas in a large bowl and use a fork or a potato masher to mash them - bananas should be well-mashed

1 ½ cups well-mashed ripe banana

Add oil and melted butter and stir well

Stir in sugars until well combined

Add eggs buttermilk, and vanilla extract and stir well Mix in eggs, vanilla extract, buttermilk

In a separate bowl, whisk together your dry ingredients .. , baking powder, baking soda, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt

Add dry ingredients to your wet batter and gently fold in until ingredients are just combined 851

Portion batter into prepared muffin tin, filing each liner ¾ of the way full. Set aside and prepare your Streusel topping

Streusel Topping 

  1. Combine flour, brown sugar, and salt in a medium-sized bowl and use a fork to stir the ingredients together.
  2. Using a pastry cutter, cut in your cold butter until the butter is well-worked in and your mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  3. Sprinkle streusel topping evenly over each muffin.
  4. Bake muffins on 425F for 8 minutes and then reduce the oven temperature to 350 (do not open the oven door or remove the muffins, just leave them in and reduce the temperature) and bake another 7-8 minutes on 350F. A toothpick inserted in the center of the largest muffin should come out clean or with few moist crumbs (no wet batter) to test for doneness.
  5. Allow muffins to cool before enjoying.





Nutrition Information

Yield

15

Serving Size

1

Amount Per Serving Calories 392Total Fat 19gSaturated Fat 6gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 11gCholesterol 48mgSodium 239mgCarbohydrates 53gFiber 2gSugar 27gProtein 5g
Yield: 24

Suzy's Go Bananas Chocolate Chip Muffins

Chocolate chip banana muffins

Suzy's Go Bananas Chocolate Chip muffins are super moist! Suzy's secret ingredients are cinnammon, and the different flours along with mini chocolate chips.

Prep Time 12 minutes
Additional Time 15 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup buttermilk
  • 4 very ripe bananas mashed
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla1/2 cup oatmeal
  • 1/2 cup oatmeal flour
  • 1/2 cup almond flour
  • 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips
  • 1 cup pecans

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Cream butter and sugar
  3. Add bananas, buttermilk,eggs and vanilla
  4. Mix in the dry ingredients
  5. Add the chocolate chips and pecans, mix
  6. Scoop into muffin/cupcake lineres in cupcake/muffin tins
  7. Bake at 350 degreees about 12 to 15 minutes
  8. Makes about 24 muffins

Nutrition Information

Yield

24

Serving Size

1

Amount Per Serving Calories 196Total Fat 11gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 6gCholesterol 26mgSodium 107mgCarbohydrates 23gFiber 3gSugar 11gProtein 4g

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