Banana chocolate chip muffins

158/365 - 2 dozen banana chocolate chip muffins.


Ingredients

3 cups unbleached all purpose flour
3 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
3 cups mashed ripe bananas (More doesn't hurt. I used 8 regular sized REALLY ripe bananas.)
1-1/2 cup sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup milk
4 small eggs
1 cup chocolate chips
1 tsp vanilla

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 12 muffin cups or line with muffin papers.
2. Put first 4 ingredients into a large bowl.
3. Combine bananas, sugar, butter, milk, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl.
4. Mix dry ingredients in until just combined. Do not over-mix!
5. Fold in chocolate chips.
6. Divide batter among prepared muffin cups, fill it 3/4 full to just at the muffin cup top. These muffins don't poof much at all.
7. Bake until muffins are golden brown and tester inserted into center comes out clean, for about 25 minutes. (10 to 15 minutes for miniature muffins)
8. Cool muffins in tray for 5 minutes before transferring muffins to cooling rack to cool completely. Enjoy.

*Personally I think these would be even better with some nuts, but not everyone around here agrees with me. If you are awesome and agree with me, I would recommend 1/2 cup to 1 cup of chopped pecans (or other preferable nut) folded in with the chocolate chips.