Oh the Aroma!

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I love the smell that baking goods fill the house with, even long after they come out of the oven.  I had some very ripe bananas, so decided to make banana muffins.  I usually make banana bread, but decided that I wanted some with chocolate chips for a dessert treat- therefore muffins it was.

Banana Bread (muffins) – this recipe will make 1 (8x4x2 1/2″) loaf or about 21 muffins

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter (softened)
1 cup sugar or 3/4 cup honey (your choice, great either way)
1 egg
3/4tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 cups flour (can use either unbleached white or wheat or a mixture)
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
Vanilla (optional, I just pour some in)
Cinnamon (optional, I just sprinkle some in)
4 mashed bananas (the original recipe calls for 3, but I think 4 makes it moister)
Chocolate chips or nuts (optional)

1. Cream butter and sugar (honey) until light and fluffy.

2. Beat in egg, vanilla and cinnamon, if using.

3. Add in dry ingredients.

4. Mash the bananas in a separate bowl.

5. Combine the bananas with the dry ingredient mixture.

6. Grease and flour a 8x4x2 1/2 loaf pan or place paper liners in a muffin pan.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

7. Pour batter into loaf pan or muffin tins.  I filled 12 muffin cups with the regular batter than added some chocolate chips and filled another 9 muffin cups.  One muffin pan was not completely used so you will need to fill the other cups with water.

8.  Bake the loaf pan for 50 – 60 minutes, checking at 30 minutes and continue checking about every 10 minutes to prevent over cooking and the top burning.  For muffins, bake about 20 minutes, checking after 10 minutes and then every 3 – 4 minutes.

9.  Take out of the oven and let cool.  Enjoy, we certainly did!

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