Banana Nut Bread Muffins

Name: Banana Nut Bread Muffins
Yield: Makes 12 Muffins
Ingredients: 2 ripe bananas; ⅔ cup toasted and coarsely chopped walnuts; ½ teaspoon baking powder; 2 cups flour; ½ teaspoon baking soda; ½ cup granulated sugar; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ cup brown sugar; 2 eggs; 2 egg whites; ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons butter, melted, plus more for the muffin cups

Preparation info

Makes
12
Muffins

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Baking

By James Peterson

Published 2009

About

Like apricot bread and other fruit breads, banana bread is a quick bread, made with a chemical leavening such as baking powder or baking soda instead of yeast. Banana bread batter also makes great muffins. The muffin cups shown here each hold 3 ounces of batter. You can also use larger muffin cups to make fewer muffins.

Ingredients

¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons butter, melted, plus more for the muffin cups
2 ripe bananas

Dessert
Baking
Vegetarian
Bread

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter the muffin cups.

Mash the bananas using a pastry cutter or potato masher. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. In a bowl, combine the butter, eggs, egg whites, granulated sugar, and brown sugar, then