Banana Crumb Muffins

I usually bake banana bread when I have a bunch of overripe bananas, but this time I wanted to try muffins since they're a little bit easier to share.  Otherwise I would just bake a loaf of banana bread and it all myself!  I found a recipe from Annie's Eats which is a slight adaptation from the original recipe on All Recipes.


The recipes only bakes 10-12 muffins, so I doubled the recipe... otherwise how am I going to feed a bunch of hungry engineers?

Ingredients

For the muffins:

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 6 bananas, mashed
• 1-1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 2/3 cup butter, melted

For the topping:

• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons butter
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Directions:
Preheat oven to 375°.  Lightly grease 24 muffin cups, or line with muffin papers.  

To make the muffin batter:

In a large bowl, mix together 3 cups flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, beat together bananas, sugar, egg, cinnamon and melted butter. Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.  

To make the crumb topping:

In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, 1/4 cup flour and cinnamon. Cut in 2 tablespoons butter until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Sprinkle topping over muffins.

Bake in preheated oven for 16 - 18 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean. 

Mai Tips: 

- If you have dark coated pans, reduce your temperature to 350°

- If you prefer larger muffins, fill the muffin cups all the way to the top which will make 20 muffins instead of 24

- I prefer more crumb topping, so consider doubling the crumb topping so you can really pile it on!  If you like cinnamon, add 1 teaspoon of cinnamon to the muffin batter.

- First batch was a little over-baked at 18 min, so I would insert a toothpick at 16 min to see how it is.  It also depends on how much batter you put in each cup.

Source:

Annie's Eats

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