Banana and Jelly Muffins

Carrie Ann's Note:

My mother made these muffins for us when we were kids and always used her home made crabapple jelly in them. I use strawberry or raspberry jam since thats what my kids like and they both work well,but feel free to use what ever you like.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 12 muffins

• 1 egg
• 1⁄3; vegetable oil
• 3 mashed very ripe bananas
• ¼ cup milk
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 ½ cups sifted flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ cup jelly or ¼ cup jam

Directions:

1. Grease 12 medium muffin cups.
2. Beat egg, oil,banana and milk together lightly with a fork.
3. Stir in sugar.
4. Sift dry ingredients together into first mixture and stir only until ingredients are moistened and all dry ingredients are mixed in.
5. Spoon into muffin cups, filling 2/3 full.
6. Make a depression in top of each muffin with tip of spoon and fill with 1 teaspoon of jelly or jam.
7. Bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until toothpick inserted near middle comes out clean.

Reviews

[dale!]

Just fabulous! I made 12 muffins and 12 mini muffins from this mix. Of course I probably used twice the amount of jam too! I used apricot jam and on 3 of the mini muffins I tried some nutella as well which was nice. These are really pretty. I can't wait to try it with different jams! I added a bit of applesauce and an extra splash of milk to the mixture too as I found it needed a bit more moisture while mixing.

[Tebo]

Really good. Almost like a banana cake taste. I used apricot jam as a filler and it went very well with the banana flavour. Moist and easy to do. I have some frozen in the freezer but I doubt they'll stay there long. Thanks Carrie Ann

[Nancy Gould]

A really nice change for a banana muffin. I used raspberry jam in the center and the tartness of the jam and the sweetness of the muffin made them yummy! I'm going to try an extra banana next time to kick up the banana favor just a touch.