Banana bread/muffins

4T butter
1c. br sugar
1 egg
4 ripe bananas, mashed
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 t. salt
1 t. baking powder
1 t. soda
1/2 c. Chocolate chips

mix and put in 1 loaf pan. Bake for 60-70 min. at 325 oven ... If you do use muffin tins the cook time can be half... I watch them close around 27-32 minutes. Then they are gone.

So my favorite muffin recipe! Wyatt even can make these!!! Ssshhh! From our Family cookbook :)

Apple and Cinnamon Muffins

Kyla and I made these mini-muffins this morning for a little class reading party today. They turned out great and weren't too sweet. Maya and I went along for the party and I noticed her classmates loved them! Hope you enjoy them too!


2 and 1/3 scant cups all purpose flour
3 teas. baking powder
2 pinches of salt
2 teas. ground cinnamon
scant 1/2 cup sugar
3 apples, peeled, cored, and finely chopped
1 cup milk
2 eggs beaten
1 stick of butter, melted

Topping:
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teas. ground cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Place 12 muffin paper liners in a muffin pan*.

Mix together flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in the sugar and chopped apples. Place the milk, egg, and butter in a separate bowl and mix. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and gently stir until just combined. Mixture will be thick and lumpy.

Divide the batter evenly between the paper liner. To make the topping, mix the brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Sprinkle over muffins. Bake in the oven 20 to 25 minutes, or until risen and golden.

Remove the muffins from the oven and serve warm or place on a cooling rack and let cool.

Enjoy!

* you can use the small little muffin tins and papers like I did in the picture above. Instead of 12 large muffins, you will have 48 mini muffins.

Whole Grain Mocha Muffins

Modified from a recipe in Enlightened Chocolate, by Camilla Saulsbury.



1 cup + 2 tbsp. whole wheat flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
4 tbsp. wheat germ
3 tbsp. flax seed
2 tsp. natural unsweetened baking cocoa
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup oil
1 tsp. vanilla
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1/2 cup + 2 tbsp. hot coffee
1/2 cup cacao chocolate chips, chopped

Preheat oven to 375°.

In a large bowl whisk the flour, sugar, brown sugar, wheat germ, flax seed, cocoa powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt until blended. Stir in the oats. Make a well in the center of the mixture.

In small bowl whisk the buttermilk, oil, vanilla and egg, then add the liquid to the flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Stir in hot coffee. Let batter stand 15 minutes. Stir in the chocolate.

Prepare muffin tin with spray oil or paper liners. Spoon batter into prepared tin. Bake 18-20 minutes or until centers spring back when lightly touched. Remove muffins from the tin and cool on a wire rack.

Makes one dozen muffins.