Chocolate Swirl Banana Muffins
 
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Makes: 11-12 muffins
Ingredients
  • Flour, 2 cups or 250 grams
  • Baking Powder, 1½ teaspoon
  • Salt, ½ teaspoon (skip if using salted butter or Amul)
  • Softened Butter, ½ cup or 100 grams approx.
  • White Granulated Sugar, 1 cup or 200 grams approx.
  • Eggs, 2 medium (or ½ cup yogurt or 120 ml yogurt)
  • Overripe Bananas, 2 , Pureed**
  • Vanilla Essence, 1 teaspoon
  • Milk, 4 tablespoon
  • Chocolate, 20-30 grams, melted
Method
  1. Sift flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and keep aside to be used later.
  2. In a separate bowl, whisk butter for 2-3 minutes until light and fluffy. Add in the sugar and whisk again for 2-3 minutes until both of them are properly combined.
  3. Add in the eggs one by one along with the banana puree and vanilla essence. Gently whisk without incorporating too much air.
  4. Fold in the dry ingredients set aside in the first step to this wet mixture little by little. Add in the milk and mix (DO NOT WHISK). Only fold or mix using a spatula or a wooden spoon. Stop mixing when you no longer see dry flour or flour pockets. Avoid over mixing this batter or your muffins will be tough.
  5. Preheat your oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes.
  6. Grease your muffin tins with a little bit oil. Spoon in the batter into the muffin liners until they're ⅔rd full.
  7. Drop a teaspoon of melted chocolate over the top of the muffins and gently swirl with a toothpick. To get beautiful swirls do not drop too much chocolate. A teaspoon of melted chocolate over each muffin is enough.
  8. Bake these muffins for 25 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius.
  9. Keep checking for doneness 20 minutes into baking and continue to bake if they seem undone.
  10. Take the muffins out when the skewer comes out clean with a few crumbs on it. Let them cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes, I normally devour 1 right out of the oven :p Store muffins in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Notes
*If you need fewer muffins, you can half all ingredients except baking powder and vanilla essence. Use 1 teaspoon baking powder and same amount (1 teaspoon) of vanilla essence. *Use ONLY overripe or black bananas for this recipe. If you're running out of patience and want to bake these with fresh bananas, then bake the muffins for 17 minutes and check for doneness. They should be done by now but if they aren't bake for another 3 minutes.

**To puree bananas, simply blitz them up in a blender for a few minutes or until their liquidy.
Recipe by Sugar & Spice by Radhika at https://sugarnspicebyradhika.in/chocolate-swirl-banana-muffins/