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Banana Muffins – Bread

August 29, 2012 by Carol 28 Comments

Banana Muffins

Today’s Banana Muffins recipe is a guest post by my new friend Carol from LuvMyRecipe.com.  She was kind enough to help us test the guest post feature we’re adding to the new EasyRecipePlus plugin for WordPress blogs.  She gave me the thumbs up.  The new plugin is out for beta testing and the results so far look pretty good!  It won’t be long til the launch.

Introducing Carol:

This is a fantastic recipe for moist, spongy Banana Muffins or Bread.  It’s great either way.  I prefer to make muffins because they cook quicker and I don’t have to slice the bread.

The recipe originates from my boyfriend’s mother’s Banana Bread recipe.  As soon as I tried her banana bread, I had to have the recipe.  While it was quite awesome in its original state, I tweaked it up to get it just the way I wanted.  What I loved most about this banana bread was that it wasn’t  dense like most banana breads I’d had in the past.  Add moist, spongy and oh so yummy to the list and well, it’s a recipe I need to make mine.

Recently I tried adding a cup of blueberries to my banana muffins and they were awesome.  I can’t believe I had never thought to try that over the years.  Now I plan to try raspberries and strawberries.

Banana Muffins - Bread
 
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Prep time
8 mins
Cook time
25 mins
Total time
33 mins
 
a light, delicious muffin
Author: Carol - LuvMyRecipe.com
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 2 cups flour
  • ½ cup Sugar
  • 1¼ tsp Baking Powder
  • ½ tsp Baking Soda
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • ¼ cup Chopped Nuts (optional)
  • 1 cup mashed ripe Bananas (3 – 4 Bananas)
  • ½ cup Plain Non-Fat Yogurt
  • ¼ cup Margarine or Butter (melted)
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1½ tsp vanilla extract
  • ¼ tsp Almond Extract (optional)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F / 180C
  2. Oil and flour bread pan or spray muffin tins with cooking spray
  3. In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nuts
  4. In a separate bowl mash bananas
  5. Melt butter, set aside.
  6. Add yogurt, egg whites, vanilla extract and almond extract (if using) to mashed bananas and mix well with spoon until well blended
  7. Add melted margarine to banana mix, mix well
  8. Add banana mix to flour mix, stir just until moistened
  9. Spoon batter into muffin tins or loaf pan
  10. Bake muffins for 20-25 minutes or bread for 50-60 minutes at 350F/180C
  11. When toothpick comes out clean, muffins/bread is done.
Notes
Mix all wet ingredients before adding the melted butter. This will give the melted butter time to cool and adding after mixing other wet ingredients prevents the heat of melted butter from cooking the egg white. When mixing the wet and dry ingredients together you should always hand mix with a spoon just until moist. This will produce a light, moist muffin/bread. Over mixing or using a hand blender will make the muffins/bread dense. You can use a fork or wisk to mix the wet ingredients. Add a cup blueberries, for a yummy twist.
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Comments

  1. lizzie - strayed from the table says

    August 29, 2012 at 7:22 pm

    Carol is so clever! Baking muffins instead of the baking in a bread tin. You halve the time you have to wait for them to come out of the oven.

    Reply
  2. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella says

    August 29, 2012 at 7:43 pm

    This is a great idea for when you have a lot of people to give these to! Saves cutting it up 🙂

    Reply
  3. The Café Sucré Farine says

    August 29, 2012 at 8:32 pm

    These look wonderful and I like making muffins as it would give me a bit more portion control, but then again maybe not if these taste as good as they look! 🙂

    Reply
  4. Claire says

    August 29, 2012 at 10:45 pm

    I can never resist banana bread! This looks like a great, healthy recipe, too!

    Reply
  5. Miriam says

    August 30, 2012 at 2:17 am

    I love fruity sweet breads, these muffins look delicious!
    Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters

    Reply
  6. Jenn and Seth says

    August 30, 2012 at 2:28 am

    i adore banana bread, this sounds like a fantastic recipe!

    Reply
  7. yummychunklet says

    August 30, 2012 at 3:31 am

    These look delicious. Great for on-the-go!

    Reply
  8. Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking says

    August 30, 2012 at 5:36 am

    I love banana muffins for breakfast and your use of yogurt makes me want to try these myself! They look very tasty!

    Reply
  9. Ashley@BakerbyNature says

    August 30, 2012 at 5:36 am

    I just plowed through an entire loaf of banana bread! Love the look of these muffins!

    Reply
  10. Roxana | Roxana's Home Baking says

    August 30, 2012 at 11:54 am

    I’d love 2 of these banana muffins for breakfast in the morning. I love also making muffins and not quick bread.

    Reply
  11. A_Boleyn says

    August 30, 2012 at 12:03 pm

    Great idea. Sounds like a tasty version as well.

    Reply
  12. SallyBR says

    August 30, 2012 at 12:20 pm

    Genius! I think the only thing more perfect than a banana bread is a banana muffin, so I WILL be making these in the near future, I love the fact that they are not too dense

    nice guest post!

    Reply
    • Maureen says

      August 30, 2012 at 4:22 pm

      That’s what I liked about them too, Sally.

      Reply
  13. Laura (Tutti Dolci) says

    August 30, 2012 at 1:24 pm

    I love muffins, these look heavenly!

    Reply
  14. Claire @ Claire K Creations says

    August 30, 2012 at 4:44 pm

    Ooh how good would raspberries be with banana?! I know what you mean about the speed. That’s the only bad thing about making banana bread… it takes so long to cook. Love the idea of muffins for another reason too – lots of ‘end bits.’

    Reply
  15. Choc Chip Uru says

    August 30, 2012 at 4:56 pm

    This looks utterly gorgeous, what a wonderful idea Carol! And so delicious too 🙂
    Thank you Maureen for hosting 🙂

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru

    Reply
  16. Kari @ bite-sized thoughts says

    August 30, 2012 at 6:05 pm

    These look lovely – and perfectly made for transport and eating as snacks!

    Reply
  17. Hotly Spiced says

    August 30, 2012 at 9:31 pm

    Great looking muffins/bread. I posted banana bread on my blog yesterday yet our two recipes are quite different. I’d love to try your recipe with the almond essence xx

    Reply
  18. Roberta says

    August 30, 2012 at 11:23 pm

    Great recipe. I love banana bread toasted and smothered in real butter for breakfast. As close to heaven on earth a mortal can get.

    Reply
  19. kitchenriffs says

    August 31, 2012 at 12:38 am

    Nice recipe! We’ve been baking a lot of banana bread lately for some reason (well, I guess the reason is we like it!), but not muffins – we should give these a try. Nice thing about muffins is they’re portable – great if you’re packing a sack lunch. Good guest post – thanks.

    Reply
  20. lisaiscooking says

    August 31, 2012 at 4:22 am

    I love banana muffins because they last well for several days. Adding blueberries sounds great!

    Reply
  21. Nami | Just One Cookbook says

    August 31, 2012 at 6:59 am

    I baked banana bread yesterday (yes, I know it’s rare that I bake!), but now I think about baking banana muffins so that my son can bring it to school easily! Looks moist and delicious!

    Reply
  22. Delishhh says

    August 31, 2012 at 1:07 pm

    Oh just gorgeous! I love banana bread but never made muffins, don’t know why!

    Reply
    • Maureen says

      September 1, 2012 at 11:17 pm

      I had to say the same thing! Then I thought.. “why couldn’t I make a quick bread from my blueberry muffin recipe and ice it all drizzly?”

      Reply
  23. mjskit says

    August 31, 2012 at 2:03 pm

    Banana bread, banana muffins – delicious! Great recipe! These look absolutely delicious!

    Reply
  24. Sandra says

    September 1, 2012 at 4:33 am

    Automatic portion control, I love it!

    Reply
  25. Terra says

    September 5, 2012 at 11:06 am

    Sorry I haven’t stopped by in awhile, life gets so crazy:-) It is lovely to meet Carol, and since I adore banana bread…..I am loving her muffin recipe:-) They look fantastic, and I love that she adds 4 bananas:-) YUM, Hugs, Terra

    Reply
  26. FiSh says

    October 18, 2012 at 4:52 pm

    banana muffin is love! sweet bread that I enjoy

    Reply

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