Banana giraffes......!

Steven was on holiday from work a couple of weeks ago and my attempts to eat healthily went by the wayside just a tad.  As a result the lovely bunch of yellow bananas in my fruit bowl had turned into giraffes by the time I packed him back off to work.

Not wanting to waste them, I rummaged around the internet and my mountain of cookery books and came up with 2 recipes; one for banana and walnut bread, the other for banana muffins.  Both were so good when I made them (oh the modesty!) that they didn't last long.

But low and behold another herd of giraffes mysterioulsy found their way into my fruit bowl this week!  So today was muffin making day!  Sadly there were not enough giraffes to stretch to banana bread, but hey choc chip and butterscotch muffins are sure to fill the gap!

choc chip and butterscotch banana muffins

To make these delicious and light and kind of healthy muffins you will need:

3 very ripe bananas
100g butter (I use unsalted, but use whatever you have)
2 eggs
250g self raising flour
100g light muscovado suger (or light brown sugar)
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp baking powder
150g of something like choc chips, butterscotch chips, fudge pieces or add things like blueberries, chopped raspberries etc

To make:

Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy

Add the bananas, smush them up and beat them well into the mixture (it will look hideous at this point, don't panic it'll be fine!)

Add the 2 beaten eggs and mix well (still looks suspect, but bare with me)

Next add the flour, bicarb and baking soda, mix well to incorporate all the ingredients (see I told you it would be fine!)

Finally add your extra ingredient, I added dark choc chips and butterscotch to mine, give it a final swirl to evenly distribute your extra items.

Spoon mixture into muffin cases and bake for approx 20 mins at 200 degrees C

Then remove from oven, place on a cooling wrack, make some tea/coffee and eat one while it's still warm, you deserve it!