Recipe
Chocolate Chip And Banana Muffins
Serves 6
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Method
- Step 1Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan
- Step 2Grease a large muffin tray
- Step 3Mash the bananas and set to one side
- Step 4In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar, then stir in the milk
- Step 5Beat the egg, and add this and the mashed bananas to the wet ingredients
- Step 6In a separate bowl, sift the baking powder and flour and add a pinch of salt
- Step 7Add the chopped chocolate chips and cocoa nibs to the dry ingredients, and then fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients
- Step 8Divide equally between the muffin tray cups
- Step 9Cook for 20 min or until a knife inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.
- Step 10Allow the muffins to cool slightly, but while still warm take a wooden spoon and press the handle of the spoon into the centre of the top of each muffin forming a deep well
- Step 11Set 6 of the dark chocolate buttons to one side
- Step 12Heat the cream until it is very hot, then pour over the remaining chocolate buttons
- Step 13Allow this to stand for 1 minute, then stir to form a smooth ganache
- Step 14Pour into a piping bag, and pipe the ganache into the centre of each muffin, filling each completely
Recipe Adapted by Cocoa Runners from https://tasty.co/recipe/chocolate-filled-banana-muffins
Ingredients
- For the muffins
- 2 Very Ripe Bananas
- 1 large egg
- 180g flour
- 90g caster sugar
- 50g unsalted butter (at room temperature)
- 50ml milk
- 50g milk chocolate buttons, chopped
- 50g cocoa nibs
- A pinch of salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- For the filling
- 60ml double cream
- 100g dark chocolate buttons