The other morning, I woke up feeling the need to bake something. I had 3 soft bananas, on the brink of going too soft, so I decided to make these banana muffins. They came out really good, easy and quick, so I thought I'd share them with you.
You can mix and match the recipe. I also thought about doing it without cocoa, and adding dried cranberries instead. Poppy seeds, or other crushed nuts instead of peanut butter could also be nice...just see what you have in the pantry :)
Wet ingredients:
3 bananas
1 tablespoon vinegar (or one egg)
2 tablespoons crunchy peanut butter
1/4 cup coconut oil (or butter/other oil)
1 tsp vanilla extract
Dry ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup - 1 cup sugar (depends how sweet you like it, I used a mixture of packed brown sugar and caster sugar) or 1/4 cup honey or agave syrup
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup dark unsweetened cocoa powder
Set oven to 175 C (350 F).
Mash up bananas in a large bowl with vinegar, oil, peanut butter, and vanilla. In a separate bowl mix together the dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients to banana mixture. Don't over mix, just incorporate the dry into the wet - keeps it fluffy. Spoon into lined muffin tin, and bake for 20 minutes.
OK first one was a cheat, but it's not so bad, especially if you make it yourself and therefore control the ingredients...Enjoy it on the weekend with a coffee (which I only have on the weekends), or decorate with some light lemon icing and bring to a party!
