Banana Muffins

Hi Everyone, 

Today I made Banana Muffins because we had loads of Bananas and my Mum wanted me to get rid of them so instead of making a smoothie she suggested I made muffins. I didn't want to just make banana muffins as I thought that would be boring so I made six Banana and Blueberry muffins and six banana 's and chocolate chip muffins to add a bit of variety. 

This BBC recipe says it makes 10 but I was able to get 12 big muffins out of the mixture. I love the idea of these because they are delicious and pretty healthy! 

The recipe says to add in Walnut Kernels at the end I didn't because my Mum is allergic to nuts which is why you won't see them in the picture.

Ingredients

• 75g/3oz melted butter
• 250g/9oz self-raising flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• pinch of salt
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground nutmeg
• 115g/4oz caster sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 large, ripe bananas
• 2 medium eggs
• 125ml/4fl oz milk
• 10 walnut kernels (optional) 

To serve

• 2 bananas, sliced 
• 50g/2oz walnut kernels 
• 2 tbsp crème fraïche or yoghurt
• 2 tbsp runny honey

Preparation method

1. Heat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5. Melt the butter and allow to cool. Mash the bananas well. Sift the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg together in a large bowl, add caster sugar and stir through. 
2. With a fork, beat together the eggs, vanilla extract, melted butter and milk in a second bowl. Add the mashed banana and stir through. 
3. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and add the egg mixture, stirring roughly with a fork (don't over mix) until it is a lumpy paste. 
   (After this step I separated the mixture into two bowls, and in one bowl I cut up six squares of galaxy into chocolate chips and added them to the banana mixture and in the other bowl I added about twenty blueberries (but how many you add is up to you). After mixing the blueberries in and chocolate chips in the two separate bowls I spooned them into the cupcakes cases. 
4. Set paper cases into the moulds, or grease the moulds well with a little extra oil or butter and spoon in the mixture until almost full. Top each one with a walnut kernel if you like. 
5. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until the muffins come away from the side of the pan when touched. Rest the muffin tray on a wire rack for five minutes then remove the muffins and leave on the rack for another five minutes before serving. 
6. Serve the muffins with sliced banana and a dollop of creme fraiche, scattered with walnuts and drizzled with honey (or with Caramel yoghurt).
   
   
   
   
   
   My family and I have just tried them, I tried the blueberry one and I honestly really enjoyed it; I'm not just saying that because  I made them, everyone thought they were really tasty so I would recommend you try them as they weren't difficult! The picture I have added is mine and that is how my muffins turned out!