Surprise Banana Muffins Recipes

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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SURPRISE BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Prepare banana bread batter according to package directions, using milk, oil and eggs. Fill greased muffin cups two-thirds full. Place a peanut butter cup in the center of each; spoon remaining batter over top. , Bake at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into muffin comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Freeze option: Freeze cooled muffins in resealable plastic freezer bags. To use, thaw at room temperature or, if desired, microwave each muffin on high for 20-30 seconds or until heated through.

THE BEST BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Place cupcake liners in a muffin tin. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl mash the bananas with a fork, leaving them slightly lumpy, and set aside.
• In a large bowl stir together the butter and sugar. Mix in the eggs and vanilla and stir until smooth. Add the sour cream, mashed bananas, baking soda, and salt, and stir until blended. Next mix in the flour until incorporated.
• Fold in the walnuts, if desired.
• Portion out 1/4 cup batter into each muffin tin and prepare crumb topping.
• In a medium bowl combine all the crumb topping ingredients: granulated sugar, brown sugar, salt, butter, and flour. The mixture should form large crumbs. Top each muffin with an equal portion of the crumb topping.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the muffins are set and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Allow the muffins to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, and then remove and cool on a wire rack, or serve warm.

ULTIMATE BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a muffin tin.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg together in a small bowl.
• Mash bananas in a large bowl. Mix in white sugar, melted butter, brown sugar, egg, and vanilla extract. Fold in flour mixture until just combined. Fold walnuts into the batter.
• Divide batter evenly among the muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes.

THE ULTIMATE HEALTHY BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin pan with liners and spray the inside of the liners to prevent sticking.
• In a large bowl, mix together mashed bananas, honey, egg, vanilla, olive oil and milk until well combined. Add in whole wheat pastry flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt and use a wooden spoon to mix together until the batter is just combined. DO NOT overmix. Fold in ½ cup chopped walnuts.
• Divide batter evenly into muffin liners, sprinkle each muffin with chopped walnuts. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the toothpick comes out with just a few crumbs attached.
• Cool muffins for 5 minutes then remove and transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling. Muffins are best served warm and even better the next day. Makes 12 muffins.

ULTRA MOIST BLUEBERRY BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees (F). Line a 12 cup muffin tin with paper liners and it set aside.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt; set aside.
• In a separate large bowl, whisk together the melted butter, both sugars, eggs, vanilla extract, sour cream, and mashed bananas, mixing until ingredients are fully incorporated.
• Add the dry mixture of ingredients to the wet mixture of ingredients and, using a rubber spatula, mix until just combined. Do not over mix or your muffins will be dry!
• Fold in the blueberries and walnuts, mixing just until combined.
• Divide the batter evenly among prepared muffin tins, filling each tin all the way to the top.
• Press a few extra blueberries into the top of each muffin and then add sprinkle with sparkling sugar, if using.
• Bake, in the center of the middle rack, for 24 to 26 minutes, or until the tops are puffed up and richly golden brown, and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, or with a just a few moist crumbs attached.
• Cool muffins at least 15 minutes in the pan before serving warm or transferring to a cooling rack.

BANANA SURPRISE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F and line 12 muffin cups.
• Mix dry ingredients.
• Add oil, milk and vanilla; stir until the mixture starts comes together.
• Mix in mashed bananas; do not over mix.
• Fill muffin cups 1/3 full, place a few chocolate chips in center of each muffin, and then cover with remaining batter.
• Bake on center rack about 30 minutes (toothpick comes out clean).
• If making chocolate chip cupcakes, mix in 1 cup chocolate chips with the bananas, and mini cupcakes take about 13 minutes to bake.