Banana Muffins

This is a combination of a recipe from allrecipes.com, and many of the suggestions that were given to make it better. My favorite thing to make with this is mini muffins, but you can make regular muffins as well.

This recipe is actually three times the original recipe. I save my bananas that are not yellow anymore in the freezer until I have a bunch of them. Then I thaw them and cook up a bunch of muffins. So, if you only want one batch, you'll need to divide by three!

Ingredients:

4 1/2 c. flour
3 tsp. baking powder
3 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. salt
6 c. mashed bananas (or about 10 large ones)
2 1/4 c. sugar
3 eggs
1 c. butter, melted
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350*F. Coat muffin pans with non-stick spray, or use paper liners. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
2. Combine bananas, sugar, egg, vanilla, 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 10-15 minutes, and large muffins for 25-30 minutes. Muffins will spring back when lightly tapped.
I love to give these away as treats since I make so many each time! They're delicious and only 50 calories for each mini-muffin!