Banana Nut Muffins
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter ( 1 stick ) softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large Eggs
- 2 large Bananas ripe, mashed
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 cup Buttermilk
- 1/2 cup Pecans chopped
- 1 tsp Vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400*F. Grease 12 standard size muffin cups or use paper liners.
- Beat together butter and sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, Beat in bananas until smooth.
- Mix together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
- Stir in nuts and vanilla. Do not over mix batter; it should not be completely smooth.
- Spoon batter into prepared pan, filling 2/3 full. Bake until lightly golden, 15 to 18 minutes. Transfer muffin-pan cups to a wire rack to cool, slightly. Turn out onto rack. Serve warm.
Notes
- When adding liquid to flour mixture, stir only until dry ingredients are moistened.
- If you do not have sufficient batter to fill every muffin cup, fill empty cups halfway with water so the pan doesn't warp.
- To test the freshness, of baking powder, mix 1 tsp of baking powder with 1/3 cup hot water; if mixture does not foam, the powder is stale and should not be used.
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