I realized I haven't baked anything in awhile and I had to use up a couple of very ripe bananas. I came across a Banana-Walnut Muffins recipe from Rachel Ray's magazine. Here is the official recipe since I did change it up with what I had. Overall the muffins were good, moist and I even like the walnuts in it. I don't typically add nuts to many baked goods but the walnuts were good in these muffins. I added in the chocolate chips because any baked banana goodies I make has to have chocolate of course. I brought these banana walnut chocolate chip muffins to work to share with my lucky coworkers. Enjoy!
Banana Walnut
Chocolate Chip Muffins
Ingredients
¾ cup sugar
1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
1 1/3 cups whole wheat flour (or use all-purpose flour)
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup walnuts, chopped
½ cup chocolate chips
1 cup mashed banana (2 ripe bananas)
1 cup plain greek yogurt
1 egg
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a muffin pan with baking liners.
In a small bowl, mix ¼ cup sugar with 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, remaining ½ cup
sugar, baking powder, salt, remaining ½ teaspoon cinnamon, walnuts and chocolate
chips.
In a small bowl, combine banana, yogurt, and egg. Stir in melted butter.
Stir banana mixture into flour mixture until combined.
Fill each lined muffin cup with batter. Sprinkle with the cinnamon-sugar
mixture on top.
Bake for 18 to 20 minutes. It is done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes
out dry.
