Simple. Easy. Muffins.

Muffins;

they instill a sense of home, warmth and love.

These muffins are simple way to get into baking muffins from scratch. Once you start baking muffins, nothing is more fun than making up new recipes and adding new interesting ingredients.  Especially when you have kids that will eat anything as long as it is in a muffin.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 large bananas, mashed
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup butter, melted

(notice NO oil - but I still substitute a little applesauce in place of a little of the butter.)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat muffin pans with non-stick spray, or use paper liners. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
2. Combine bananas, sugar, egg, and melted butter in a large bowl. Fold in flour mixture, and mix until smooth. Scoop into muffin pans.
3. Bake in preheated oven. Bake mini muffins for 10 to 15 minutes, and large muffins for 25 to 30 minutes. Muffins will spring back when lightly tapped.               

With this recipe I find that I don't have to bake them for as long as they suggest. Also, feel free to be creative! I added canned peaches this last time. So yummy!

Yummy add-ins:

Raisins

Dried cranberries

Canned pumpkin

Canned peaches

Mashed sweet potato

I was going to take a picture of my muffins but I only had 2 left over from Bible study and my husband I finished them off.