Banana Nut Muffins

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This muffin recipe is adapted from SaffronHut's blog. The muffins are undoubtedly delicious. The combination of bananas and walnuts is very unique. For people looking for the recipe, here it is!

Ingredients:
3 ripe bananas
1 egg
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup unsalted butter
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
Small handful of walnuts, chopped

Method:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line muffin pan with muffin paper cups.

Mash bananas well with a masher. Chop the walnuts and reserve 1 tbsp for sprinking on top.
Add sugar and melted butter and keep aside.

Mix the dry ingredients really well, add to banana mixture Add the chopped nuts. Mix just enough to bring everything together.

Fill muffin cups about 3/4 to the top. Sprinkle with chopped walnuts.

Bake for 20 minutes or till the muffins are golden brown.

Blueberry Muffins

Recipe taken from Nabeela's Trial and Error Blog.

Ingredients:
2 & 1/4 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup milk
1 egg
3/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup unsalted butter melted and cooled to room temprature
1 pint fresh or frozen blueberries (I used canned blueberries)

Method:
Preheat oven to 375 F. Line a 12 cup muffin tray with baking cups or alternatively spray Pam non-stick cooking spray liberally.

Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl and keep aside.

Whisk egg, milk and vanilla in another bowl till well blended. Add this mixture and butter to the flour mixture along with blueberries.

Mix it in well till everything is combined well, takes about a minute for the flour gets moistened quickly.

Spoon this mixture into the muffin cups and bake for about 18-20 minutes. Increase the time further by 10 min's or till a skewer comes out clean.

Cool on a wire rack, grab a good book and enjoy with a cup a coffee.