banana chocolate chip muffins

Another ugly sorry-looking bananas sitting at our kitchen counter this morning and waiting for me to decide on their fate. In the past their only destination would be the garbage bin but after i baked my first ever basic banana bread more than a year ago, i never looked at overriped bananas the same way again.

So what's a pretty girl to do? transform them into banana chocolate chip muffins! So simple, fun and easy to make. yum-my!

BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIPS MUFFINS

Basic banana bread recipe is from Simply Recipes.  I just made it into muffins and added chocolate chips. :)

Ingredients
3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed

1/3 cup melted butter

3/4 cup sugar

1 large egg, beaten

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp baking soda

pinch of salt

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup chocolate chips, divided

1.  Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2.  Using a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl.
3.  Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla.
4.  Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in.
5.  Add the flour, mix.
6.  Add 1/4 cup chocolate chips, mix. 
7.  Spoon mixture into a muffin tray (i use ice cream scoop) and sprinkle the top with the rest of the chocolate chips.
8. Bake for 25 minutes. 
9.  Remove tray from oven and let cool for about 10 minutes.
10. Remove muffins from tray and transfer to cooling rack.

Makes 12 muffins.

To make a loaf bread, pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour.  Cool on a rack then remove from pan.

For mini-loaf bread (3x5 inch), bake for 40-45 minutes.

If you don't like chocolate chips, just disregard it.  You can also substitute chocolate chips with nuts and dried fruits.