Yummy Banana Nut Muffins....

So last week, my husband came home and asked if I could make some muffins for some co-workers. Of course, me being so nice, I said I would and wound up making 3 dozen Banana Nut Muffins. Don't worry, though, I actually love to make these(just hate to clean up afterwards). So I thought I would share the recipe with all you and you can try them out for yourselves!





Don't those look yummy?



Yummy Banana Nut Muffins

Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 beaten egg
• 1/2 milk
• 1/4 cup cooking oil
• 2 over-ripe bananas mashed
• 1/2 chopped nuts (I like walnuts for this recipe!)

Directions:

1. Line twelve muffin cups with paper bake cups. You can also grease the pan if you prefer, but I found that using the paper bake cups keep the banana nice and moist and keeps the muffins from completely drying out.
2. Mash the 2 over-ripe bananas in a bowl and set aside. The reason you will want to use the over-ripe bananas is that they tend to mash better and also tend to have more flavor than bananas that you just picked up at the store today.
3. In a medium bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Make a well in center of flour mixture.
4. Add beaten egg, mashed bananas and cooking oil to the flour mixture. Stir the batter until it has a few lumps left, but everything is mixed together.
5. Add the walnuts. I like to take the chopped walnuts that I buy and run them crunch them up with my fingers(which of course I wash right before this) so that there are not huge chunks of nuts in some and no nuts in other muffins.
6. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each two-thirds full (if you have extra batter, spoon it in, don't waste. Just make sure all the muffins are even if that bothers you when they aren't). Bake in a 400 degree oven for 18-20 minutes or until golden and a wooden tooth-pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool muffins outside of the muffin pan for about 5 minutes.
7. These are best served warm so get them to your family! They are good for a couple of days though, so don't worry! If you want to make them in advance, go right ahead!

Hope you all enjoy these as much as my husband's co-workers did!