Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

I originally got this recipe from my sister, Jane, but she didn't include bananas in her recipe. We happen to love the banana/chocolate combination, though........ and it helps me use up those over ripe bananas :-)

CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA MUFFINS

3/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup milk
3 ripe bananas (mashed)
2 cups flour
2 cups coconut
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
approx 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips

Beat butter, sugar and egg together. Add vanilla and bananas. In separate bowl, mix dry ingredients (except for chocolate chips). Add dry ingredients alternately with milk. Mix until just blended. Stir in chocolate chips.

Fill muffin cups about 2/3 full. Bake at 350 deg for 15-18 minutes. Makes 2 dozen.

Berry Muffins

This is a recipe I got from my cousin, Karen. You can make the basic recipe and add in your favorite berries.

BERRY MUFFINS

2 c. flour
1 c. sugar
1 c. milk
2 c. berries
1/2 c. butter or margarine
2 eggs
1tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp baking powder

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in flour, baking powder and milk. Fold in berries. Pour into muffin cups.

Bake 18-20 minutes at 400 deg.

Partridgeberry Muffins

Yum! One of my favorite berries is the Partridgeberry -- otherwise know as Lingonberry, Cowberry or Lowbush Cranberry. Whatever the name, I find this tarty berry delicious :-)

They are usually ripe around the third week in September, and are so easy to pick! My daughter picked a gallon in about 1/2 hour. I freeze the berries and we use them throughout the year in jams, pies, smoothies and muffins.

PARTRIDGEBERRY MUFFINS

Dry ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup sugar

Wet ingredients:

1 cup milk

1 egg

3/4 cup margarine

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup of berries (more or less as desired)

Preheat oven to 350 deg.

Blend the dry and wet ingredients separately, then combine them quickly. Don't over-stir.

Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake for 20-25 minutes.

Remove from tin and sprinkle with sugar.

Here are some of the muffins we made this morning for snack.

Check out some other muffins and cupcakes at Hoosier Homemade!