New England Banana Muffins Food

BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Lightly brush a 12-muffin tin with butter and set aside.
• Whisk the flour, baking soda, brown sugar, and cinnamon together in a medium bowl; set aside.
• Whisk the banana, oil, milk, eggs, salt, and vanilla in a large measuring cup with a spout or another bowl.
• Make a small well in the center of the dry ingredients. Pour wet ingredients into the center; then stir with a wooden spoon until the dry ingredients are moistened but still lumpy. Do not overmix the batter or your muffins will come out dense. Gently stir in the nuts. Divide the batter evenly into the muffin tin.
• Put the muffins in the oven and immediately reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees F. Bake until golden brown, about 25 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through the cooking. (Insert a toothpick into the center of a muffin to check if it is done. Toothpick should come out clean). Cool muffins in the pan on a rack for a couple minutes. Turn the muffins out of the pan and cool on the rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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BASIC BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients. In another bowl, mash the bananas. Add egg, oil and vanilla; mix well. Stir into the dry ingredients just until moistened. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups half full. , Bake at 375° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

BEST EVER BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Mash bananas.
• Add sugar and slightly beaten egg.
• Add melted butter.
• Add the dry ingredients and bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.

NEW ENGLAND BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and baking powder.
• Mix in the sugar.
• In a large bowl, combing the melted butter, beaten egg, vanilla extract, bananas, milk, and maple syrup and beat with a fork until well blended.
• Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture, just until the dry ingredients are moistened.
• Spoon the batter into greased muffin tins.
• Bake 20 minutes or until the muffins are lightly browned.
• Serve warm.

BANANA NUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and lightly butter 2 muffin tins.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside. Mash 2 of the bananas with a fork in a small bowl so they still have a bit of texture. With an electric mixer fitted with a wire whisk, whip the remaining bananas and sugar together like you mean it, for a good 3 minutes. Add the melted butter, eggs, and vanilla and beat well, scraping down the sides of the bowl once or twice. Mix in the dry ingredients just until incorporated. Fold in the nuts and the mashed bananas with a rubber spatula. Spoon the batter into the muffin tins to fill them about halfway. Give them a rap on the counter to get any air bubbles out.
• Bake until a toothpick stuck in the muffins comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Let cool for a few minutes before turning the muffins out. Serve warm or at room temperature.

NEW ENGLAND BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F and grease muffin pans very well or line with cupcake papers.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Mix berries with a fourth of this mixture.
• Beat eggs; add melted butter and milk.
• Pour into dry ingredients and stir until there are no large lumps.
• Fold blueberries in lightly.
• Pour batter into prepared pans and bake for 15 to 25 minutes, depending on the size of the muffins.

NEW ENGLAND TOLL HOUSE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat 12-cup muffin tin with baking spray.
• Mix all the dry ingredients, flour to baking soda, in a large bowl. Add chocolate chips, and stir to coat with flour.
• In another bowl, mix egg, milk, yogurt, butter, and vanilla.
• Make a well in the dry ingredients and add wet ingredients, blending lightly, until just moistened. Spoon batter into prepared muffin tins, filling batter to rim of muffin cup.
• Bake 18-20 minutes or until tester comes out clean.

BANANA-BUTTERMILK MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Spray 12 regular muffin cups with non-stick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, mix together the flours, sugar, baking powder and baking soda.
• In separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, mashed banana, oil, egg and vanilla.
• Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients and stir just until blended.
• Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling about three-fourths full.
• Sprinkle tops evenly with nuts.
• Bake until lightly brown and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, approximately 15 to 20 minutes.
• Allow to cool in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes, then turn out onto rack and cool completely.
• These muffins freeze well and can be warmed in microwave.

BANANA NUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with baking cups. Spread walnuts on a baking sheet and bake until fragrant, about 12 minutes. Cool 15 minutes then coarsely chop. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, whisk together banana, sugar, eggs, butter, and milk. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients then stir in 1 cup walnuts.
• Divide batter evenly between prepared cups using a 2-ounce scoop. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup nuts and sanding sugar if desired. Bake until tops spring back when lightly touched, about 20 minutes. Cool in pans 5 minutes, then remove to wire rack to cool completely.

KING ARTHUR FLOUR'S BANANA CRUMB MUFFINS

Steps:

• For the topping, in a medium bowl, mix flour, sugar and cinnamon. Add butter or margarine and mix with a fork or pastry cutter until crumbly. Put aside while preparing muffin batter.
• For the muffins, in large bowl, combine dry ingredients. Set aside.
• In another bowl, combine mashed bananas, sugar, slightly beaten egg and melted butter or margarine. Mix well. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.
• Fill greased muffin cups two-thirds full. (Do not use paper muffin cups!) Using hands, arrange coarse, pea-sized crumbs over muffin batter.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 18 to 20 minutes or until muffins test done with a cake tester. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.