The Adventure of the Muffins
Yesterday I decided to bake some muffins. I have a recipe that I have been using and figured I'd tweak it a little and see how I go. The recipe was originally for Banana Choc Chip Muffins so there was not too much tweaking involved.There was two reasons I was baking these, the first is that I (assuming like everyone else) constantly has bananas that get a little too ripe for my tastes to eat raw, so I freeze them and plan to one day use them in cooking, well the freezer was filling up and not just with bananas so it was time I began to actually use them as planned.
The second reason I decided to make these was I have recently hurt my back, I have a bulging disc which is painful but I must keep moving or my muscles will seize, so there has been lots of baking or cooking or just plain creativity in the kitchen.
So my adventure of the Muffins thus began.
Recipe (I'll add the tweaking in italics)
Ingredients
- 60g Butter
- 2C SR Flour
- 1/2C Caster Sugar
- 1/2C Milk
- 2 Eggs
- 2 Ripe/Frozen Bananas, mashed (if frozen defrost in microwave)
- 1C Choc Bits, I used white chocolate
- 1/2tsp Vanilla Paste
- 1/2C Desiccated Coconut
Method
Preheat oven to 200 deg C.
Line a medium muffin tray (12 sections) with paper cases.
Melt butter in a heat-proof in microwave. Set aside to cool.
Sift flour into a mixing bowl. Stir in sugar and coconut. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients.
Pour banana mix into the centre of the dry ingredients. Using a wooden spoon, gently mix until 'just' combined.
Stir in chocolate bits.
Don't over beat the mixture or the muffins will be heavy and tough.
Spoon the mixture evenly into the muffin cases.
Bake for 20 minutes or until firm on top (use fine knife or skewer to pierce centre, if clean, centre is cooked).
Leave in the tray for a couple of minutes.
Transfer the muffins to a wire rake to cool.
Note: If you used frozen bananas be sure to microwave them until warm otherwise the butter will separate.
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