Lush banana muffins have been hugely popular in Europe and America for decades. But unfortunately, in domestic open spaces this magic pastry became known not so long ago, although it quickly conquered all the sweet tooth with its amazing tenderness and dizzying aroma.
A few words about the treat
There are a huge number of options and recipes for banana muffins, among which the most popular products with the addition of chocolate and cottage cheese. Such pastries always have a great taste, a fabulous aroma, a characteristic moist biscuit and airiness.
Sometimes it seems like a banana is specially created for muffins. Its delicate creamy texture makes the cupcakes juicier, and their bewitching, attractive smell causes a serious appetite. In general, banana muffins are incredibly beautiful and have only one drawback: it is extremely difficult to control yourself and not eat all the baked goods! Cook them yourself at least once and see for yourself.
Basic recipe
You can supplement classic muffins with literally any filling to your taste: starting with nuts and ending with custard. But even without a variety of additives, banana muffins are surprisingly tasty. Probably, there is no such person who would not like such fragrant, soft and juicy pastries.
For cooking you will need:
- 4 bananas;
- 150 g of sugar;
- 50 g butter;
- a teaspoon of vanillin;
- 2 eggs;
- 200 g of flour;
- a pinch of salt;
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder.
From so many products you get 10-13 standard-sized muffins. As for the main ingredient, keep in mind that only with overripe bananas will the pastry come out truly aromatic and rich.
Course of action
Melt the butter in a water bath or microwave. In the meantime, it will cool, pound the eggs with sugar whisk. Then add salt and vanillin to this mixture - the mass should be quite lush and voluminous. After the oil has cooled, send it to the eggs too.
In a separate bowl, carefully mash the peeled bananas using a pusher or fork. If small lumps remain in the slurry, there is nothing wrong with that. Then add the banana puree to the oil mixture. Sift flour and baking powder here, then stir vigorously. Ready dough should not be too thick.
Now spread the mass into molds, filling them up to a maximum of three quarters, and place in the oven. Cook muffins for half an hour at 180 degrees.
Chocolate Banana Muffin Recipe
This is a very simple and tasty dessert that perfectly diversifies your daily diet. Such pastries are happy to eat for both cheeks and children, and adults. Perhaps this is not surprising, because banana muffins with chocolate have a soft texture, porosity and always turn out to be incredibly tasty.
To prepare this wonderful treat you will need:
- one and a half glasses of flour;
- 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder;
- 50 g butter;
- half a can of condensed milk;
- 3-4 bananas;
- half a glass of vegetable oil;
- chocolate bar;
- 2 eggs;
- a glass of sugar;
- a teaspoon of baking powder.
The magical combination of these products will delight any sweet tooth. As for bananas, it is best to stock up with ripe fruits, which will give the dessert a more expressive aroma and rich taste. From the specified number of products, you will get about 12-15 of the most delicate chocolate-banana muffins.
Cooking
Break the eggs into a deep bowl and beat them by adding sugar to them in advance. Then pour vegetable oil into the mixture and mix the ingredients once more. By the way, to knead the dough it is best to use a simple whisk.
Grind bananas in a blender or mash with a fork until the consistency of mashed potatoes. Send this gruel to the egg mixture.
In another bowl, combine all dry products: cocoa powder, flour and baking powder. Be sure to pass this mixture through a sieve. Then add the dry mass to the liquid ingredients. Stir the muffin dough until smooth.
Spread the prepared mass evenly over the prepared muffin tins. You can use any containers: iron, paper, silicone, it is only important to properly handle them. Disposable forms do not need to be specially prepared. But it is advisable to lubricate iron or silicone containers with a piece of butter. You need to fill the molds with dough by about 3/4 - during baking, the cupcakes will rise significantly and increase in size.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Bake chocolate banana muffins in just 20 minutes. In general, as you can see, the process of preparing such baked goods does not take you much time.
Ready muffins, if desired, can be supplemented with chocolate icing or plain icing sugar. Although without any additives, they turn out to be unusually tasty.
Banana Muffin with Curd Recipe
Such pastries come out unusually juicy, fragrant and delicate. For the preparation of cottage cheese and banana muffins, you will need quite a bit of time and effort, but the result will certainly exceed your expectations.
To get started, prepare:
- a couple of bananas;
- 2 eggs;
- baking powder bag;
- 150 g of sugar;
- 250 g of cottage cheese;
- 150 g butter;
- a pinch of salt;
- 10 g of vanillin;
- 200 g of flour.
The main thing in this recipe is to choose the right fruits: they must be ripe and sweet. Otherwise, the pastries will not have such a rich taste and aroma.
You can add banana muffins with cottage cheese as you wish. For example, pieces of bitter or milk chocolate, cinnamon, all kinds of berries, nuts, cocoa powder or peanut butter will be successfully combined with wet biscuit. In addition, butter cream can be added to the center of the cupcakes. In general, you can safely experiment to find your own special recipe.
Cooking process
Here, in principle, everything is extremely simple. First of all, you need to chop bananas. This is very easy to do with a blender or ordinary fork.
In a separate bowl, beat the eggs by pouring sugar and vanilla into them. Cottage cheese and softened butter, grated through a sieve, should also be sent here. Keep in mind that all products must be at room temperature. Thoroughly mix all the ingredients and only then add the banana gruel into the mass.
Separately mix flour, salt and baking powder. Pass the mixture of dry ingredients through a sieve and transfer to a liquid mass. Knead a thick, uniform dough.
Now all that remains is to bake delicious banana muffins. To do this, place them in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for half an hour. Let the muffins cool down a little, transfer them to a serving dish and sprinkle with powdered sugar.