5 Step Chunky Monkey Muffins

     So, as usual, I bought a bunch of bananas and a couple of days later they were too soft to eat. I'm sick of wasting money so I decided to bake something as I watched my 6 hour marathon of General Hospital (Summary to come). The following is my recipe for 5 Step Chunky Monkey Muffins. 

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups  flour
2/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 large / 3 medium) *
1 large egg

1/2 cup  butter or margarine, melted
1/4 cup vanilla soy milk **

3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips ***

  

   * When mashing banana, leave it a little lumpy.

 **  you can also use regular milk then add 1 tsp of

       vanilla extract     

*** I used milk chocolate chips which made them very 

       sweet. I suggest semisweet if your sweet tooth isn't 

       as hungry as my boyfriend's

 

• Preheat oven to 350 F - Makes 12 muffins

 

 

 

 

Step 1: Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl.

 

 

Step 2: Mix mashed bananas, egg, melted butter and milk in medium bowl.

 

Step 3: Stir banana mixture into dry ingredients just until blended, do not over-mix.

 

 

Step 4:  Stir in chocolate chips.

 

 

Step 5:  Divide batter among  muffin cups, filling each about 3/4 full, that way you will get nice looking muffins instead of tiny half-full muffins.

 

 

 

 Bake until tops are pale golden. You can insert a toothpick into the center of one of the muffins. It should come out with some melted chocolate on it but no batter or crrumbs, about 25  minutes.

 

 

And there you go!! Delicious muffins in 5 easy steps...just add a large cup of coffee and 6 hours of soaps and you've got the perfect Friday afternoon :)

 

 

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