Fig and Banana Walnut Muffins

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"These freeze well."

 

• Ready In: 52mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 20 muffins

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 6 ounces dried calimyrna figs or 6 ounces black mission figs, stems trimmed, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
• 1⁄2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
• 1 1⁄2 cups mashed ripe bananas
• 2⁄3 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1⁄3 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 cup broken walnut pieces

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°; lightly butter 20 muffin cups (or coat them with cooking spray).
2. Add 2 tablespoons water each to any empty muffin cups.
3. In a bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together; add in the figs and chopped walnuts; toss to coat.
4. In another bowl, whisk the banana, brown sugar, melted butter, egg, and vanilla together until blended; add to dry ingredients all at once; fold in until evenly moistened.
5. Divide batter among muffin cups; sprinkle tops evenly with broken walnuts.
6. Bake 20-22 minutes until tops are golden and pick comes out clean.
7. Cool on a wire rack before removing the muffins from pan.

Reviews

[ellie_]

Wonderful muffins! I have a fig tree that has figs for the first year (the tree is 3 years old) and I wanted to use the figs in something -- this was perfect. I did change the recipe slightly by used about one dozen of fresh figs, quartered (next time I will try to mash them) and 3 bananas (didn't measure). I also skipped the walnuts. On baking I used paper cupcake liners and skipped the water in the greased muffin cups. I made 18 muffins, very close to what the recipe states. As I still have more figs, I will be making this again, but trying to mash the figs this next time. Thanks for sharing and if you have any hints on how to use fresh figs I would appreciate any hints anyone has. Thanks again.

 

[Edwins]

These are absolutely divine. I have now made about five batches as fresh figs are in season. My boyfriend's co-workers keep devouring them. I have made a few adjustments. I used 1-1/2 cups of fresh chopped mission figs and reduce the mashed bananas to 1 cup. I also eliminate the chopped walnuts on top of the muffins. Because I just love figs so much, this allows for more of the fig flavor to come through

 

[karen]

Wow! What a great muffin. I love figs, and the flavor goes really well with the bananas. I ran out of flour, so used 1/2 wheat flour & 1/2 all-purpose. I left out the walnuts (just don't care for nuts) and used calimyrna figs. I skipped the water in the muffin tin step, and filled my tins full, so I only got 10 muffins. I baked them for about 22 minutes and they came out just perfect.