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Pinterest Fun Fridays on Foster: Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at BC chapter.

Being that I had left over bananas and buttermilk from last week’s recipe, I decided to bake up another delicious banana dessert.

This Week: Banana Chocolate Chip Buttermilk Muffins (courtesy of Taste of Home)

Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 large ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 cup)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup buttermilk

Making the Muffins…

1. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add bananas and vanilla; mix well. Combine the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternating with the buttermilk.

2. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin pans two-thirds full. For the topping, combine the flour, brown sugar and oats. Cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle a rounded teaspoonful over each muffin. (I added chocolate chips instead of doing the crumble)

3. Bake at 400° Fahrenheit for 16-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for five minutes before removing from pans to placing on wire racks.

Final Product

Time Spent in Kitchen: 30 minutes

Rating: 7 – It would be higher if they looked prettier!

The muffins tasted much better than they looked. The odd appearance might be because I decided to add chocolate chops into the mix rather than make a crumble to put on top. Check out next week’s article to see what Easter-inspired creation I whip up!

Peace, Love & Pinterest,

Katherine

 

Katherine ValentinoSenior in A&S English Major Minor in American Studies, concentration in journalism 
Kelsey Damassa is in her senior year at Boston College, majoring in Communications and English. She is a native of Connecticut and frequents New York City like it is her job. On campus, she is the Campus Correspondent for the Boston College branch of Her Campus. She also teaches group fitness classes at the campus gym (both Spinning and Pump It Up!) and is an avid runner. She has run five half-marathons as well as the Boston Marathon. In her free time, Kelsey loves to bake (cupcakes anyone?), watch Disney movies, exercise, read any kind of novel with a Starbucks latte in hand, and watch endless episodes of "Friends" or "30 Rock."