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Crunchy Banana Pecan (and Dark Chocolate) Muffins

Photo by BE at home
  • Makes
    4
Author Notes

Here’s a Sunday morning crowd pleaser that we promise will pair perfectly with your coffee. Each crunchy, flavor-filled bite of banana, chocolate chips and pecans is better than the last. If you don’t eat them all hot out of the oven, the next day try cutting them in half and heating up in a skillet with butter for a crispy, decadent, and (relatively) guilt-free experience. —BE at home

Ingredients
  • Muffin Batter

  • 1.5 cups

    Whole Wheat Pastry Flour


  • 1 teaspoon

    Baking Powder


  • 2

    Ripe Bananas


  • 1/4 cup

    Dark Chocolate Chips


  • 1/4 cup

    Butter (Room Temperature)


  • 1/2 cup

    Cane Sugar


  • 1/4 cup

    Milk


  • 1/2 teaspoon

    Almond Extract


  • 1/2 teaspoon

    Vanilla Extract


  • 1/2 teaspoon

    Salt


  • 1

    Egg


  • 1 teaspoon

    Cinnamon

  • Crumble Top

  • 1/4 cup

    Crushed Pecans


  • 2 tablespoons

    Granulated Sugar


  • 1 tablespoon

    Honey


  • 1 teaspoon

    Cinnamon

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. To make the muffin batter, start with the wet ingredients. In a large bowl, combine butter and sugar with a whisk until creamy.
  3. Add milk, almond extract, vanilla extract, egg, and bananas (I mush the bananas in my hands while adding them to make them easier to incorporate). Whisk together gently until all ingredients are incorporated.
  4. In a separate bowl, mix together dry ingredients. Add flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Stir together with a large spoon.
  5. Slowly pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredient bowl, mixing with spoon until all the flour is wet (note: do not overmix). Fold in chocolate chips.
  6. In a separate bowl, make the Crumble Top. Combine pecans, granulated sugar, honey, and cinnamon, and mix until pecans are fully coated.
  7. Grease a large muffin tin with butter, and pour in batter, filling each muffin to the top. Sprinkle pecan mixture generously on top.
  8. Cook in a preheated 375 degree oven for 20-22 minutes, or until fully cooked inside (test for doneness using a toothpick).
  9. Remove from oven and let tin cool off for 15 minutes, then transfer muffins out of tin onto plate or wire rack to finish cooling.
  10. Enjoy!

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