Best dessert and baking recipes from TASTE Magazine

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Afternoon tea

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Muffin recipes

Banana muffins

25 minutes

Banana muffins

Serves Makes 6 jumbo or 12 regular muffins

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cooking Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

⅓ cup buttermilk or plain yoghurt
2 free-range eggs
½ cup sunflower oil
200 g brown sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
3 large ripe bananas, mashed
180 g flour
1 t bicarbonate of soda
1 t salt

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and line a muffin tray with 6 large cupcake cases.

2. In a bowl, beat the buttermilk, eggs, oil and brown sugar together until well combined. Add the mashed banana.

3. In a separate bowl, sift together the dry ingredients. Add the dry ingredients to the banana mixture and gently fold until just combined.

4. Divide the batter evenly between the cupcake cases and sprinkle with brown sugar.

5. Bake for 25 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean. (Baking time will be reduced if using regular muffin cases.)

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