Banana muffin recipe & coffee

How to make the best of this banana muffin recipe? Have you got a bunch of a bit overripe bananas? Well, don't through them away, that would be a terrible waste! They are a good excuse to bake delicious banana muffins. They are easy to make and don't require any special cooking skills. What I really like is a short time to make the batter so I can bake them just before my friends come for a visit or before breakfast. Banana muffins are best eaten warm straight from the oven but they are also yummy served at room temperature when still fresh. However, my husband and I are not always unanimous on the decision what coffee brew goes along with this muffins best.

In my opinion Turkish coffee and cappuccino both go well with banana muffins although I do prefer Turkish coffee. My husband disagrees with me and prefers cappuccino bar none. This is tough but anyway our joint coffee choice therefore is...

...cappuccino. No worries, I haven't lost the battle here but simply couldn't decide.

The following banana muffin recipe has been tested in our kitchen and our friends prefer it most:

Banana muffin recipe:

Makes: 12

INGREDIENTS:
- 100g unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 140 g granulated white sugar
- 2 eggs lightly beaten
- 250g all purpose flour (self raising flour)
- pinch of salt
- 3 very ripe bananas
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup of milk
- 1 tsp vanilla

Method - how to use banana muffin recipe:

- Heat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5. Line 12 cup muffin tin with muffin paper liners. In the large bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, baking soda and sugar.
- Melt the butter and allow to cool. Mash the bananas with a fork or just simply with your hands. In a second bowl mix together beaten eggs, vanilla extract, melted butter and milk. Add the mashed bananas and stir through.
- With a spoon or with your hands lightly fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just combined. Don't over mix it. Are you using a blender? 1-2 seconds are enough.
- Spoon in the mixture in paper liners until almost full. Bake about 25-30 minutes or until a tester (toothpick) inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Leave muffins to cool for 10-15 minutes while still in the moulds before serving.

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Method (step by step):

	STEP 1: Heat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5. Line 12 cup muffin tin with muffin paper liners. In the large bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, baking soda and sugar.
	STEP 2: Melt the butter and allow to cool. Mash the bananas with a fork or just simply with your hands. In a second bowl mix together beaten eggs, vanilla extract, melted butter and milk. Add the mashed bananas and stir through.
	STEP 3: With a spoon or with your hands lightly fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just combined. Don't over mix it. Are you using a blender? 1-2 seconds are enough.
	STEP 4: Spoon in the mixture in paper liners until almost full. Bake about 25-30 minutes or until a tester (toothpick) inserted in the center comes out clean.
	STEP 5: Leave muffins to cool for 10-15 minutes while still in the moulds before serving.

Our coffee choice for blueberry muffin recipe:

cappuccino
espresso
cafe latte
Turkish coffee

Useful baking tips:

For banana muffin recipe you should use bananas that are well ripen or overripe. The flesh must be soft, yellow and full of sweet flavour.
To mash bananas use the fork or just simply your hands.
It is important to remember that like most cakes muffins contain eggs so they should be stored in the fridge.
Use paper liners so the muffins can be moist and fresh from inside and cleaning will be much easier.
To check if the banana muffins are baked just insert the toothpick in the muffin. If it comes out clean, then muffins are baked.

Good to know:

A muffin is a type of bread. There are many varieties and flavours of muffins made with a specific ingredients - like fruit. Fruit is baked into the muffin. Banana muffin recipe is one of the most popular muffin recipes.
Bananas are available all year round and they are a great source of quick yet healthy energy. Bananas contain no fat, sodium or cholesterol.
Bananas are rich in vitamin B6, and are a good source of fiber, vitamin C, magnesium and potassium.
Because of their great taste, bananas can also serve as a substitute for sweets.
Banana muffins are also a very healthy afternoon snack for children.

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