Banana Nut Muffins

Around this time of year there are often cheap bananas on sale at the supermarket. There also tend to be a lot of bananas that are on the bad side for really cheap. I picked up a bunch of six bananas that were very brown a few weeks ago. I peeled them and popped them in the freezer. We had some guests coming over, so I decided to make some banana nut muffins. They are really good fresh from the oven, or cold the next day.

What you need:
3-4 ripe bananas, mashed.
80g (1/3 cup) melted or soft butter
100g (1 cup) Sugar
1 egg beaten
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1 tbsp strong coffee (optional)
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
a pinch of salt
1 cup chopped walnuts

(1) Mix the butter into the mashed bananas in a large bowl.
(2) Mix in the sugar, egg, coffee, and vanilla extract. Beat well.
(3) Add the flour, baking soda and powder, and the nuts. Mix well, but quickly. If you spend too much time mixing you will mix the bubbles from the baking soda right out of the muffins.
(4) Spoon the batter into muffin tins, filling the tins until they are about two thirds full.
(5) Bake at 180C for 25~30 minutes. Until they are brown, and a toothpick comes out clean when stuck into them. You can also listen and if most of the bubbles have stopped, they are finished.

This makes about 18 muffins.

Your batter will look like this. If you only have whole walnuts you can chopped them, or just crush them in your hand, that's what I always do. This recipe is pretty sweet. I used one cup of sugar but you could easily use a half cup, or possibly less. If you like sweeter foods, go for a cup otherwise I suggest starting with a half cup.

My muffins! Now I have to try and eat them all...