Banana Bran Muffins With Lindt Chocolate Inside Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a muffin pan or line with paper muffin liners.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar together until fluffy. Add bananas, milk, vanilla and eggs; mix well. Stir in flour, bran, baking powder, soda and salt; blend just until moistened. Stir in walnuts. Pour batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool in the cups for 5 minutes, then remove muffins and place on a wire rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, whisk the first six ingredients. Stir in bran flakes. In another bowl, whisk eggs, bananas, oil and buttermilk until blended. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened., Fill foil-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 12-14 minutes. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place paper liners into 1 (10 or 12-cup) muffin tin.
• Combine the bran and buttermilk and set aside. Cream the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment for about 5 minutes, until light and fluffy. With the mixer on low, add the eggs, 1 at a time. Scrape the bowl and then add the molasses, orange zest, and vanilla. (The mixture will look curdled.) Add the bran/buttermilk mixture and combine.
• In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture to the batter just until combined. Don't overmix it! Fold in the raisins, bananas and walnuts with a rubber spatula.
• With an ice cream scoop or large spoon, fill the muffin cups to the top and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Paper line 12 (2-1/2 inch) muffin cups. Combine egg, oil, milk, mashed banana, and crushed bran cereal. Mix well and let stand for five minutes. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and nutmeg in a separate bowl. Add cereal banana mixture all at once to flour mixture, stirring just until moistened. Divide evenly among the muffin cups, making sure that the chocolate is covered by batter. Bake 20 to 25 minutes at 400 degrees F or until tester inserted in center comes out clean.
• Any dark chocolate will do, but my favorite is Lindt. I break the slices in half.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F (190C). In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and baking soda.
• Cut in butter with pastry blender or two knives until mixture is crumbly.
• Stir in bran and nuts.
• In a medium bowl, lightly beat egg; stir in banana, yogurt, brown sugar and molasses.
• Add to dry ingredients, all at once, stirring just until moistened.
• Divide batter evenly among 12 medium greased muffin cups.
• Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes in cups on wire racks.
• Remove from cups and let cool completely.
• Serve with Strawberry Butter.
• Straw berry Butter: Cream together 1/2 cup (125 mL) softened butter and 1/2 cup (125 mL) strawberry jam. Makes about 1 cup (250 mL).
• TIP: Add a topping treat to your muffins before you bake them. Over batter in muffin cups, sprinkle quick-cooking rolled oats, cinnamon and sugar, sesame seeds or chopped nuts.