Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Merry Christmas! Hope you all have a WONDERFUL day surrounded by family and people you love. Make sure to take lots of pictures, laugh lots, give thanks, eat lots of food, and help mum with the clean-up afterwards! I hope the New Year brings everyone lots of happiness and a fresh clean start; make a resolution! Best wishes in 2012! xoxo

Not quite a festive post but hey, it ain't snowing either. I baked these muffins for two of my closest friends and their family this year. I don't know why I thought 'muffins' were appropriate (it's usually sugar cookies, or gingerbread men for Xmas right?) but somehow banana-chocolate-chip came into mind when I thought of them. Well, here's the recipe if you guys ever want to make these yummy muffins! (They're both amazing bakers, too.)

Happy Holidays everyone!


Liann and Lauren's Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins makes 12 muffins

3 medium very ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 cup vegetable oil (or melted butter/margarine)
2 eggs
1 3/4 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour (you can sub some whole-wheat if you like)
1/2 cup (100 g) sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup-1 cup chocolate chips, as desired (or white chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, etc. I subbed half walnuts half chocolate chips!)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a standard muffin tin with muffin liners.

Combine all the dry ingredients (minus chocolate chips) in a medium bowl. In another bowl, beat in eggs with oil. Add liquid mixture to flour mixture, followed by mashed bananas. Mix until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips and nuts if using.

Equally fill each muffin tin (1/4 cup of batter is perfect) and bake for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted into muffin comes out clean. Cool slightly on cooling rack before eating.