Banana Choc-chip Muffins

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 125 g unsalted butter
• 2 -3 bananas, over-ripe
• 1 large egg, at room-temperature
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 2/3 cup caster sugar
• 1 cup milk chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 175 degrees celsius. line a muffin pan with cupcake liners.
• 2 melt the butter in a microwave in 10 second bursts. break the bananas into a few pieces, place in a medium bowl and mash with a fork. the more ripe the bananas are, the easier they will be to mash.
• 3 in a large bowl, add the flour, baking powder, salt, caster sugar and chocolate chips. combine well.
• 4 to the mashed bananas, mix in the egg, vanilla extract and milk until well combined. fold the melted (and now cooled) butter through the bananas.
• 5 make a well in the dry ingredients and add the banana mixture. stir with a wooden spoon until just combined, scraping the bottom of the bowl so there's no lumps of unmixed flour.
• 6 spoon the batter into the cupcake liners until 3/4 full. bake for 25 minutes, then turn muffin tray around in oven so the tops brown evenly. bake further 5 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• 7 let cool in pan for 5 minutes; serve warm with a glass of cold milk.