Miriam's Banana Muffins
1/2 cup to 3/4 cup milk
1 cup mashed bananas (about 2 medium bananas)
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 large egg
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions:
1. Pour milk, oil, egg, and bananas in large bowl and beat with wire whisk.
2. Pour in flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt - all at once - into the milk-banana mixture.
3. Stir until flour is just moistened.
4. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
5. Grease bottom of 12 medium muffin cups (or line with paper baking cups).
6. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
7. Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
8. If baked in greased pan, let stand about 5 minutes in pan, then remove muffins from pan to wire rack. If using baking cups, remove immediately.
9. Enjoy.
Mark's Notes:
The original recipe in the Betty Crocker cookbook said to use only 1/3 cup milk. Trish and I thought those came out a little too dry. So, I suggested increasing that to 1/2 to maybe even 3/4 cup milk. The Betty Crocker recipe Banana Muffin was modified from a Blueberry Muffin recipe, and the original Blueberry Muffin recipe said to use 3/4 cup milk. For the Banana Muffin, it said to reduce to 1/3 cup milk and mix in the bananas. The bananas didn't fully compensate for the reduced milk.
Mark's Story:
Miriam had to pick out a baking project for her 4H project. She wanted to do muffins and so we told her the different types of muffins she could make. She choose the Banana Muffins from the Betty Crocker cookbook.
I set out all the ingredients. I set out all the measuring cups. I told her which measuring cup to use with each ingredient. She measured everything and dumped in the bowl and mixed everything together. She greased the muffin pan herself. I put the Olive Oil in a little bowl and told her to grease her fingers from that and to then grease the muffin pan. She scooped the muffin batter into the muffin pan. She even put the muffins in the oven herself. The muffins were delicious. A little dry on the exterior but the inside was yummy. I think adding a little more milk than the 1/3 cup would help this.
Miriam had to pick out a baking project for her 4H project. She wanted to do muffins and so we told her the different types of muffins she could make. She choose the Banana Muffins from the Betty Crocker cookbook.
I set out all the ingredients. I set out all the measuring cups. I told her which measuring cup to use with each ingredient. She measured everything and dumped in the bowl and mixed everything together. She greased the muffin pan herself. I put the Olive Oil in a little bowl and told her to grease her fingers from that and to then grease the muffin pan. She scooped the muffin batter into the muffin pan. She even put the muffins in the oven herself. The muffins were delicious. A little dry on the exterior but the inside was yummy. I think adding a little more milk than the 1/3 cup would help this.
