Banana Muffins

 banana muffins

 Ingredients

  • 190g Plain Flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 3 large ripe bananas
  • 85g unsalted butter, melted
  • 135g light or dark soft brown sugar
  • 1 large egg, at room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 330ml milk
  • optional: chopped walnuts or chocolate chips

Method 

  1. Preheat the oven to 210C. Put a cup cake cases in each position in the cup cake tray.
    Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in the Kenwood. 
  2. In a second Kenwood bowl mash the bananas. On medium speed, beat or whisk in the melted butter, brown sugar, egg, vanilla extract, and milk. 
     
  3. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, then beat until combined. 
    If adding nuts or chocolate chips, fold them in now. 
     
  4. Spoon the batter into the paper cases, filling them all the way to the top. 
     
  5. Bake for 5 minutes at 210C then, keeping the muffins in the oven, reduce the oven temperature to 170C. 
     
  6. Bake for an additional 16-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. 
     
  7. The total time these muffins take in the oven is about 22 minutes. (For mini muffins, bake 12-14 total minutes at 170C.
  8. Allow the muffins to cool for 5 minutes in the muffin pan, then transfer to a wire rack to continue cooling.