Chocolate Chip Banana Animal Muffins
Recipe was made in a Nordic Ware animal pan, but could also be made in a normal muffin pan.
Servings: 8 Muffins
Calories: 252kcal
Equipment
- Oven
- Muffin pan
- Mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 large)
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/4 cup milk whole milk provides a richer taste
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 eggs
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips feel free to make this a heaping 1/2 cup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- In a separate bowl, mix together banana, sugar, applesauce, milk, egg, and vanilla.
- Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients until just combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- If using a Nordic Ware animal pan, brush the animal shapes with oil. If using a normal muffin pan, place paper or silicone lines into the muffin pan.
- Spread the batter evenly across either the animal indentations or your typical muffin pan.
- Bake muffins until tops are lightly golden and a wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out with some melted chocolate attached but no crumbs, about 32 minutes.
- Cool muffins on a wire rack.
Notes
- When using the Nordic Ware pan, I filled the cups up completely which made a muffin top shape coming out of the animal shape. This made the muffins quite easy to remove from the pan.
- When using a normal muffin pan, recipe will yield 12 muffins.