Whole Wheat Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Hadice's Note:

These tasty morsels come from King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking. I typically sub in either 1/2 cup to 1 cup of white flour to lighten them up a little. These will disappear from your breakfast table faster than you realize! My toddler gobbles these up!

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• ½ cup butter (1 stick or 4 ounces)
• ½ cup light brown sugar
• ¾ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups ripe bananas , mashed (about 3 bananas)
• ¼ cup honey
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 2⁄3; cup chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350. Line a 12 cup muffin pan.
2. Beat together the butter, sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla in a medium bowl until smooth.
3. Add the banana, honey and eggs, beating until smooth.
4. Add the flour about 1/4 cup at a time, stirring until just mixed.
5. Add chocolate chips, stirring until smooth.
6. Divide batter into the muffin cups, filling to the top. Bake about 23-28 minutes.
7. Remove from oven and after a couple of minutes transfer the muffins to a rack to cool.

Reviews

[Katzen]

Made these with organic spelt flour and cinnamon chips instead of the chocolate. I also added an equal amount of pecans (yum!) The only other addition was to sprinkle the tops with Starrynew's Spiced Sugar, which is a staple lightly sprinkled on muffins and quick breads since I discovered it! Hadice, I love these muffins - next time I'll make them with the choc chips and take them into work, I'm sure they'll be adored! Made for Veggie Swap August.

[medicbroomer]

I made these with all whole wheat flour and dark choc. chips...the people I work with ate them up, and am now working on batch number three. They are deeeelish!,,,,,,

[policygirl]

Great recipe - I used whole wheat pastry flour without substituting any AP flour and had good results. I also added almonds (I think walnuts would be better but I had almonds!) and crushed banana chips. Very tasty!