Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Good Morning Everyone!

Today let's start the day by making Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins.  These are good muffins that make up quickly and are even better the next day.  Warm from the oven, spread on a little butter or jam and you are good to go.  I hope you enjoy them too.

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Here's what you'll need, pretty basic and you may already have all the ingredients in your pantry and refrigerator.  Photo should include milk, missed that.  Thanks Gina!

Mash the bananas, you can use a fork or a pie crust tool like I used here:

Mix dry ingredients, then add melted butter:

Now John is showing off his action shot capabilities.  Can you tell the camera is fairly new?

The wet ingredients are added to the dry ingredients.  Mix good but you do want some lumps; avoid overmixing.

Add the chocolate chips, mix by hand, again do not overmix:

Spray muffin cups, line with muffin paper liners or coat lightly with vegetable oil or butter. Fill about 3/4 full with batter, I used a medium sized ice cream scoop. 

Bake and enjoy while still warm from the oven. 

Wait for it..... the butter is melting...

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 cup butter, melted
2 eggs
1/8 tsp. salt
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla
3 ripe bananas, mashed
1 cup chocolate chips
 
The How To:
 
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Spray muffin tin with vegetable cooking spray to coat lightly.
 
Mash the bananas in a medium size bowl with a fork or pastry mixing tool.
 
Mix the dry ingredients in a separate bowl with a fork or you can sift them together into the bowl, or you can blend them on low speed with a mixer.
 
Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, add in the milk, mashed bananas, eggs and the melted butter.  Mix well, but do not overmix, there will be small lumps, from the bananas as well as the mix, this is okay and makes for a moist muffin. 
 
Stir in the chocolate chips, mix just until the chips are incorporated. 
 
Add batter to muffin tins, filling about 3/4 full.  Opt.: At this point you can top with nuts and/or raisins.
 
Bake in a 400 degree preheated oven for 18 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
 
Serve with butter or jam, or both.
 
Enjoy!