Banana Nut Bread Muffins

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

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
Bread
Vegetarian

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