Thank you Auntie Dani!

Just when we really needed some new breakfast ideas and just when we had an abundance of ripe bananas Auntie Dani came through with a delicious healthy whole food banana muffin recipe. Usually my kids don’t get too excited about all the various healthy muffins I try to get in their bodies in the morning but these healthy banana muffins have chocolate chips in them so it was a no brainer for them. These are made with whole wheat flour and just a bit of brown sugar. Thank you Auntie!

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Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins—from King Arthur Flour: Whole Grain Baking

Ingredients:
½ c unsalted butter
½ c packed light brown or dark brown sugar
¾ t baking soda
½ t salt
½ t cinnamon
¼ t nutmeg
1 t vanilla extract
1 ½ c (about 3 large) mashed ripe bananas
¼ c honey
2 eggs
2 c whole wheat flour
½ c choco chips

Preheat oven to 350*

Line muffin pan with muffin cups, lightly grease them with veg spray.

Beat together butter, sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla until smooth. Add bananas, honey, and eggs and blend until smooth. Slowly add the flour and choco chips.

Spoon into muffin cups and let stand at room temperature for 10-minutes. After resting place into oven for about 20-25 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Let cool for about 10 minutes in muffin pan, then remove cups from pan and let cool completely on wire rack.

Yields 12- jumbo muffins or 24-medium muffins.

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Oh and if you are wondering why we have so many bananas, I freeze them 3 at a time when they get very ripe. I make breakfast smoothies with the frozen bananas. It looks like we have enough bananas to freeze and to make another batch of these muffins AND a new banana bread recipe Auntie is also sending us.