Easy Baking: Banana Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins - Perfect Snacks

Nothing cuter than mini muffins! This allrecipes version is amazing. I did a half recipe and winded up with 2 dozen beautiful mini muffins.

Ingredients for Muffin

• 3/4 cup and 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 egg
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup plain yogurt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup mashed ripe bananas
• 1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips

Ingredients for Streusel

• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon and 1-1/2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon butter or margarine

Directions

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, combine the egg, oil, yogurt and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in bananas and chocolate chips.
• Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full.
• Make streusel mixture and sprinkle on top of muffins.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 22-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

It looks like a lot of ingredients but once you get everything in place, it's just a matter of mixing it all together. And you don't even need to drag out your mixer - a wooden spoon will do.

Ingredients for the Muffin

Mix the dry ingredients together and the wet ingredients together. I combined the mashed bananas with the wet ingredients. The only thing that waits until the end are the chocolate chips.

Dry and Wet Ingredients (Chocolate Chips Patiently Awaiting Their Turn)

Combine the dry and wet with a wooden spoon until incorporated. This will be a very stiff batter -- sort of like oatmeal that's been sitting overnight.

Muffin Batter

The muffin pans are ready, the chocolate chips have been added to the batter and the streusel is made

Batter (in the back) and Streusel (in front)

I used a small ice cream scoop to drop in the batter, then topped with streusel. The scoop holds one tablespoon and if you're not a kitchen tool hoarder like me, a tablespoon measure would be perfect. It'll help to spray the spoon before scooping for easy release.

For some reason I winded up with 23 muffins this time around - last time I made this recipe I had 24 and then extra. Oh well.

Ready for the Oven

The best part of this pan is that it fits perfectly in my toaster oven. If I can avoid firing up the big oven, it's always a win.

The Finished Muffins

Recipe:

• Banana Chocolate Chip Muffin from allrecipes