Easy Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Easy Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins : These streusel muffins with banana and chocolate chips are cake-like, buttery, and moist. (And sweet like dessert!) A delectable streusel of brown sugar, cinnamon, walnuts, and chocolate chips fills and tops each. They resemble portioned banana crumb cakes with a swirl of cinnamon and gooey chocolate chips within!

Consider classic banana muffins as your go-to, sequin- and feather-adorned coat, and today’s chocolate-chip- and brown sugar-studded variation as your extravagant, go-to sweatpants. (You don’t own one of those, what?!)

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The recipe for today’s dish was initially posted on my website in 2012 and was inspired by my close friend Amy, who makes them for Christmas breakfast. They taste just as decadent as they appear, and the recipe has undoubtedly weathered the test of time.

Easy Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

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Ingredients

• Aim for 425°F (218°C) in the oven. Use cupcake liners or nonstick spray to coat a 12-count muffin pan. Put aside.
  To prepare the streusel, combine all the ingredients in a small bowl. Put aside.

• Prepare the muffins: In a larger basin, whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Put aside.

• Using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar together on medium-high speed in a large bowl until creamed, about 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed. Add the egg and beat until combined, about 1 minute. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed. Add the mashed bananas and yogurt, and then beat on high speed until combined; mixture will look curdled and that’s ok

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• Add the dry ingredients and beat on low speed until combined. The batter is thick. Do not overmix.

• Layer a large spoonful (about 1.5 tablespoons) of batter into each muffin cup. Sprinkle with 1 scant tablespoon of streusel. Layer another large spoonful of batter over each, using up the remaining batter, then finish by sprinkling the remaining streusel on top of each muffin. The 12 muffin cups should be filled all the way to the very top. With a toothpick or knife, gently swirl the streusel topping with the batter.

• After 5 minutes of baking at 425°F, lower the oven temperature to 350°F (177°C) while the muffins are still inside. Place a toothpick in the center and bake for a further 15 to 16 minutes, or until it comes out clean. These muffins take about 20 to 21 minutes to bake in the oven. After letting the muffins set in the muffin pan for five minutes, move them to a wire rack to finish cooling, or eat them warm.

• Covered muffins keep fresh for several days at room temperature; after that, they can be kept in the refrigerated for up to a week.

NOTES

• Make Ahead & Freeze Instructions: Freeze the muffins for up to 3 months if you want to keep them longer. If preferred, reheat in the microwave after thawing overnight in the refrigerator.

• Special Tools: This or that 12-count muffin pan; cupcake liners; glass mixing bowls; whisk; handheld or stand electric mixer; cooling rack

• Can I leave out the walnuts: You can completely omit the walnuts or replace them with chopped pecans. Alternatively, you may try this well-liked banana muffin recipe with chocolate chips added.

• Frozen Bananas: For this muffin recipe, you can use frozen bananas that have thawed. Before mashing, remove as much of the additional liquid as possible from the thawed bananas because they are extremely wet.

• Yogurt or Sour Cream: For this dish, you can use sour cream or ordinary or Greek plain yogurt (any fat content). You may also use 1/4 cup (60ml) of buttermilk in a pinch.

• Why the initial high oven temperature? Bake the muffins at a very hot temperature for 5 minutes, just like I do with most muffin recipes. Next, for the remaining bake time, reduce the oven temperature while leaving the muffins in the oven. The muffin tops will rise fast to an unusually high level due to this initial high temperature, and the centers will bake during the reduced temperature bake period. This recipe consistently yields gorgeous muffins reminiscent of a bakery.