Recipe: Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Very good banana bread/muffins enhanced by the addition of chocolate bits - well isn't everything? Recipe can be doubled. Bread freezes well. Great way to use up those old bananas - I save them in the refrigerator. Kathy's original recipe said "the blacker the better" and I have made use of some very black bananas.

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
(printable recipe)

Ingredients:

1/2 cup shortening ( 1 stick butter)

1 3/4 cups flour

1 cup sugar

1 tsp. baking soda

2 eggs

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. lemon juice

1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

1/2 cup chocolate bits (optional)

1 cup mashed bananas (2-3) The older the bananas, the better

Directions:

Cream shortening and sugar in mixer. Add eggs. Add lemon juice to mashed bananas and stir into creamed mixture. Sift together dry ingredients. (I stir with a whisk) Add with nuts and chocolate bits to first mixture. Pour into well greased loaf pan or muffin tins which have been dusted with flour and bake at 325' for 1 hour or until done. About 30 mins. for muffins.

Note: Using an ice cream scoop to dole out the batter makes for a uniform batch of muffins. You can also sprinkle sugar on top of the muffins or loaf before baking.

Doubled makes 12 extra large muffins or 24 small muffins

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