BANANA STRAWBERRY MUFFINS!!!

So I've always been a fan of banana bread and now that my 1 1/2 year old looooves bananas we always have an abundance, but they don't always get eaten before they get overly ripe which doesnt seem to take more than a day or so I swear! So I was looking for something new to try besides your run of the mill banana bread. I found a recipe for lightened banana muffins and thought that would be a nice change from a loaf of bread! So much easier! Well the other day I also made some cheesecake filled strawberries and had about a million strawberries left over because my little guy also loooooves strawberries! So I thought "What the heck!" I'll throw some strawberries in and see what happens!


I only cut up about three medium to large sized strawberries and threw it in with the banana mixture and I wish I would have done more! It turned out better than I thought it would! It was my first shot at adding something to a recipe that wasn't called for and I am just so pleased with how it turned out!

So here they are! The finished product!

And here is the recipe...I found it online on allrecipes.com I THINK! I tried to find it again but I couldn't so I'm glad I wrote it down!

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3 very ripe bananas, mashed
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 tsp. baking Soda
• 4-5 large strawberries, chopped(more or less depending on your tastes)-optional
• 1 cup walnuts(more or less depending on your tastes)-optional   

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit. Lightly grease or line 10 muffin cups.

2. In a medium bowl, combine eggs and bananas(I also added the chopped strawberries here) In a seperate bowl, mix together flour, salt, sugar, and baking soda. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture. Fold in walnuts if desired. Pour batter into prepared muffin cups.

3. Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center come out clean.

mmmmm! They are so good! I'm taking a couple over to my grandparents tomorrow to hopefully brighten their day! Happy cooking everyone!