I've been having this on my mind for like the longest time. But I never really dared to bake. It always ends up wonky. Plus, most of the baking stuff needs a mixer and I don't own one :P
But since I successfully baked bread couple of months ago I thought I'd give this a shot.
This banana chocolate chip muffin recipe looked relatively easy.
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups (375g) self-raising flour
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3/4 cup (170g) sugar
- 1/2 cup (95g) milk chocolate chips
- 1 cup (250ml) milk
- 3/4 cup (185ml) vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 2 small over ripe bananas
But of course I improvised a bit here :P
Instead of self-raising flour, I used all-purpose flour because that's the one I had in the pantry. Plus I used more bananas and choc chips than the recipe called for, not that anyone's complaining about the extra flavors :P
I read up about making these muffins from several recipes and every one of them asked for very ripe or over ripe bananas. Apparently these will give a better taste than a regular ripened banana.
First put all the dry ingredients in a bowl. I sifted the cinnamon powder, flour and sugar together and dunked the choc chips on top.
Then mixed it all properly.
Next - bananas. You'll get some soft and opaque-ish spots on overly ripened bananas. Just trim those bits off and you're good to go. I cut them into one-inch pieces and mashed them with a fork.
When you're done mashing, add in the milk, egg and oil. Stir well.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and stir to combine. Whatever you do, DO NOT BEAT the mixture as it will make the texture less fluffy. Just stir it in.
You'll end up with a gooey mixture. I felt it was a bit too fluid but then again I've never made muffins before so I really don't know any better....
Anyways, this is the time you can start to preheat the oven at 200C (392F).
Then I lightly oiled the base and sides of the muffin trays...
... and scooped the mixture in.
Then leave it in the oven for about 20 mins or until it turns nice and golden brown.
Yeah. They don't really look like muffins right? Note to self: Always follow the recipes diligently! I really should have used self-raising flour instead.
There you go. My banana chocolate chip muffins :P
Verdict: It doesn't taste too bad but the texture's all wrong.
Oh well, practise makes perfect, right? I've just gotta keep trying.
If any one's got any muffin baking tips or other recipes, please do share! I'd love to learn more!
xxx
~bunny
