Showing posts with label banana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label banana. Show all posts

12 June 2013

Banana Crumb Muffins


Ingredients 
1½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
3 bananas, mashed
¾ cup white sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/3 cup butter, melted
½ tsp vegetable oil
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon
⅛ stick cold butter

How to Bake
1. Line 12 muffin cups with muffin papers.
2. In a large bowl, mix together 1½ cups flour, baking soda, baking powder and 
    salt. In another bowl, beat together bananas, sugar, egg, vegetable oil, and 
    melted butter. Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture just until 
    moistened. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. Set aside.
2. To make the topping, in a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, 2 tbsp flour 
    and cinnamon. Cut in 1 tbsp butter until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
3. Preheat turbo broiler to 175°C.
4. Sprinkle topping over muffins.
5. Bake in turbo broiler for 11 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center of 
    a muffin comes out clean.

17 March 2013

Banana Cupcakes




Ingredients
2 medium ripe bananas, peeled
1¼ cups all purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
1½ teaspoons baking powder
1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
¾ cup brown sugar
½ cup butter, room temperature
1 large egg
¼ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)

How to Bake
1. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl to blend.
2. Mash bananas with fork in another medium bowl until smooth.
3. Using electric mixer, beat egg, sugar and butter in large bowl until light 
    and fluffy, about 3 minutes, then add vanilla extract.
4. Add all dry ingredients in the egg mixture until smooth then add mashed 
    banana and mix completely.
5. Add the semi-sweet chocolate chips in the batter if using one.
6. Preheat turbo broiler to 175°C.
7. Divide batter among muffin cups with paper liners about 3/4 full.
8. Bake cupcakes for 15 minutes or until tester inserted into center comes 
    out clean.
9. Transfer the banana cupcakes to cooling rack and let cool completely.