Surprise Banana Muffins

On this particular morning, I noticed that our bananas were getting pretty ripe. So my mind went straight to using them to make yummy banana muffins of course! 

Muffin Ingredients

4 large ripe bananas-mashed (the more the merrier though!)

1/2 cup sugar (the more ripe the bananas, the less sugar you have to add)

1 egg

1/4 cup + 1 TB butter (melted in microwave for about 15 sec)

1+1/2 cups flour

1 TSP baking soda

1 TSP baking powder

1 pinch of salt

...and for the filling

1+1/2 TB nutella "chocolate spread"

1 TB plain greek yogurt

**Any filling will work for this as long as it is not too runny, to make it thicker you can add greek yogurt to it, but keep in mind that doing so can make the filling a bit tart, so the more yogurt that is added, the more sweetness you will want to add balance the flavor. 

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 400 F

2. Sift the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt to get out any lumps (sifting will also help to make the muffins fluffy)

3. Cream together the sugar, egg, and melted  butter then add the mashed bananas 

4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined (don't over mix!)

5. Spray the muffin tin with non-stick spray and fill each little well about 3/4 of the way full and bake for about 15 min or until a toothpick comes out clean.

6. Once they are done, set them on a rack to cool completely

7. While you're waiting for those babies to cool, mix together the nutella chocolate spread and the greek yogurt. Go ahead and experiment with the chocolate to yogurt ratio to the flavor that you like.

After all, thats what cooking and baking is all about!

Once the muffins were cooled, I cut out a hole for the filling, being careful not to make a mess of the part I was cutting out because after I filled it, I put that "lid" of the muffin back on.

Look at that delicious filling, it almost looks like pudding. Actually, thinking on that now, that wouldn't be a bad idea. 

 I do recommend that you fill them right before serving so that both the filling and the muffin keep their textures. However, I did set aside a muffin with the filling in it overnight to see what would happen, and good news, it still held up pretty well. 

Here I popped the top back on and hid the cut as well as I could. There you have it, surprise banana muffins that are so moist, fluffy, and delicious! Enjoy~

Much love,

Crystal