Thursday, December 18, 2008

Muffins Muffins and more Muffins




This week I had to make a couple dozen muffins for my sons Holiday party in the morning. I found a recipe from Tyler Florence for Banana Nut Muffins. I chose recipe for my Fridays with Tyler Florence cooking group.http://tylerflorencefridays.blogspot.com/ My daughter and I had so much fun making these together. She is quite the helper and wanted to do allot of it herself this time. These are super easy and tasted great. The only change I did was to omit nuts because of food allergies. I also made a batch of pumpkin and cranberry muffins with caramel frosting. These were also good.
Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence
Show: How To Boil WaterEpisode: The Family That Cooks Together
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 overripe bananas
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
2 eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and lightly butter 2 muffin tins.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside. Mash 2 of the bananas with a fork in a small bowl so they still have a bit of texture. With an electric mixer fitted with a wire whisk, whip the remaining bananas and sugar together like you mean it, for a good 3 minutes. Add the melted butter, eggs, and vanilla and beat well, scraping down the sides of the bowl once or twice. Mix in the dry ingredients just until incorporated. Fold in the nuts and the mashed bananas with a rubber spatula. Spoon the batter into the muffin tins to fill them about halfway. Give them a rap on the counter to get any air bubbles out.
Bake until a toothpick stuck in the muffins comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Let cool for a few minutes before turning the muffins out. Serve warm or at room temperature.

6 comments:

Steffany said...

What a cool stacked muffin holder in that first picture! Also, what a cute little helper you have. :)

Andrea at Nummy Kitchen said...

What a sweet little helper! Reminds me of my little girl who can't wait until baby brother is napping so we can go play in the kitchen :) The muffins look great, glad they turned out well!

NKP said...

I am loving that multi-tiered muffin holder too, what a great contraption!
So nice of you to make muffins for the boys, and to have help too!

Deb in Hawaii said...

Wonderful job--and your helper is adorable. Its great that you are starting out her out knowing how much fun cooking is. Your muffins look great!

Megan said...

How great to get her started baking early!

Excellent choices - lots of muffins!

Jeni said...

Anna looks so cute dressed like a baker.

Those muffins are picture perfect. I would love to take a bite of one of those...mmmmmmm.

Hope you had fun at the kids parites. That was very nice of you to make homemade goodies to take. But have come to expect that from you :-)

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