Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Hey guys and welcome to my blog. So, I thought long and hard about what I should make and blog about as my first post. Ideas kept popping in my brain, and I was soon overwhelmed by all those ideas. I couldn’t decide among so many of my personal favorites. So, I decided to just walk in my pantry and see if I could be inspired by something.

Soon enough the first thing I could see in my pantry starting back at me were bananas. Lots and lots of bananas. I don’t know about anyone else, but I always have so many extra bananas on hand that are ripe and brown. My kids are not interested in eating them because they want perfect yellow looking ones without a single brown spot on them.

So, what do I do when I have extra bananas on hand which happens literally every week? I bake my favorite banana muffins. At first, my daughter was skeptical about eating banana muffins as she loves everything chocolate and not a big fan of fruits in desserts. So, I started putting chocolate chips in my favorite recipe and now they are a hit in my house.

I love baking and there is just something so comforting when you have the smell of freshly baked muffins and coffee swirling through your house in the mornings. For me, it’s the greatest start to my day. So, let’s start baking and hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do.

Servings : 12 Muffins

Preparation time : 30 minutes

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups + 1 tablespoon unbleached all-purpose flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 bananas, mashed nicely
3/4 cup white granulated sugar
1 egg, room temperature
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
2/3 cup semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips*

Directions

Preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly grease 12 muffin cups, or line with muffin wrappers.
In a large bowl, mix 1 1/2 cups flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
In another bowl, beat together bananas, sugar, egg, cinnamon, vanilla extract and melted butter until well incorporated. Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened and large lumps have disappeared.
In a separate bowl mix 1 tablespoon of flour with the chocolate chips and fold them in the batter carefully.
Use a large ice-cream scoop or a tablespoon to spoon batter into prepared muffin cups until ¾ full.
Put the pan in preheated oven and bake for 18 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.
Take out the pan and let cool for 10 minutes at room temperature. Take out the muffins and place them on a wire rack to cool completely.