Recipe: Blueberry Banana Muffins

 

While visiting my parents for Thanksgiving, my mom and I made blueberry banana muffins for breakfast one morning. I found this recipe on Food.com, and it seemed easy enough, so we tried it. 

Ingredients

•        3 large ripe bananas
•        ¾ cup sugar
•      1 egg, slightly beaten
•      1/3 cup butter, melted
•      1 cup blueberries
•      1 tsp. baking soda
•      1 tsp. baking powder
•       ½ tsp. salt
•      1.5 cups flour

Directions

1. Mash bananas in a large mixing bowl.
2. Add sugar and egg.
3. Add butter and blueberries.
4. Combine dry ingredients and gently stir into banana mixture.
5. Pour into 12 well-greased muffin cups.
6. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.

Now, this recipe isn't very well written. Nowhere does it say to preheat the oven, and it doesn't specifically say to mix all the dry ingredients together in a separate bowl before adding them to the wet mixture. BUT as an experienced baker, I knew not to skip those two steps. Another thing to try is to add the blueberries LAST and gently fold them in so that they don't get squished through the whole mixing process. Also, I recommend setting the timer for a little less time and checking on the muffins then; we set our timer for 15 minutes, and that was PLENTY of time. Every oven is different!

These muffins are very easy to make and taste quite good. Nice for a light breakfast or mid-day snack!