Banana Walnut Muffins

Banana Walnut Muffins

Recipe adapted from here. Instead of cranberry i have used walnuts to give crunchy taste.

Makes 12-15 Muffins

Ingredients :

Wet Ingredients :

• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup beaten curd (yogurt)
• 2 medium sized banana - peeled and mashed
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 tsp vanilla essence

Dry Ingredients :

• 2 cup maida (all purpose flour)
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup chopped walnut
• 1/4 cup choco chips

Method :

• Sieve maida, baking powder and salt. Combine them in a bowl and mix well. Keep aside.
• Beat eggs till smooth. Mix beaten curd and sugar. Beat it for few mins. Add to the beaten egg and beat everything lightly.
• Add this to the mashed banana and beat it again. Make sure no big lumps are formed.
• Add vanilla essence and olive oil. Beat it again. Add this mixture to the dry ingredients. Mix well. Add walnuts and choco chips in between while mixing.

 

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees C for 10 mins. Spray the muffin liners with little oil and keep it in the cups of muffin pan.
• Take two tablespoon of the muffin batter and drop it in each muffin cups. Keep the pan in middle rack and bake at 180 degrees C for 15-18 mins. Insert a toothpick at the  center of the muffin. It should come out clean.

• Take out the pan from oven and let it cool little bit in the pan for 10 mins. Transfer the muffins on the cooling rack and let it cool completely. Serve it immediately or keep it refrigerated.