Banana muffins
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Quite often I heard from some mommies that they always run out of ideas when it comes to preparing teatime snacks for their preschoolers. I consider myself lucky as my son’s kindergarten provides teatime snacks. So far, he hasn’t complaint anything about the snack served in school. When I “interviewed” him on his preference between mommy’s cooking and school lady’s cooking, he cheerfully replied me that he liked both. I’m really happy that he can accept the food prepared by others even if my cooking is not on par with that of the school lady’s. I don’t mind it at all. At least, I have one less headache for the next two years. 
In this posting, I have a simple and easy teatime snack recipe to share with everyone. It’s so easy that even a novice at baking can excel. The entire baking process is very fast too. 1½ dozen mini banana muffins will be ready in the oven within an hour (or maybe less if you are skillful) including the cleaning up time. Definitely save you some money than buying from the local bakery shop. 
This recipe is adapted from Amy Ong of Cooking Crave, a mom with 3 lovely kids. Her food blog has a long list of kids-friendly recipes for you to try out. Remember to hop over to her blog to “dig the treasures”.
I must say that this is the best banana muffins recipe I had found so far. The muffins turned out to be very soft, fluffy and moist! The sweetness is also perfect for those without sweet tooth. So, there is no need to cut down the amount of sugar called in the recipe. I was truly satisfied with the results even at my first attempt. The only thing I didn’t follow is the baking temperature and the time required to bake. I used my own experiments to fine tune both.
In my 2nd attempt, I had added some desiccated coconuts into the batter. To my surprise, this little ingredient compliments so well with the bananas. The fragrant coconut flakes gave the muffins extra flavour and volume in the texture. Besides my family, it’s also a hit among my panel of “food taster” friends.
One important tip to get this recipe right is to use over-ripe bananas. This means that you will see many black dots appearing on the banana skin. This type of banana will be the tastiest for baking. I always have problems getting my bananas to reach this stage as they will end up in my hubby’s and son’s stomach even with many reminders and warnings to keep their distance and hands away. 
Another point to share is that I like to use small muffin paper cup for making muffins. This size is perfect for all kids who prefer little treat. It helps to minimize wastage as well, and the muffin appears more adorable. It’s also great for adults (like my hubby and myself) who can have some small bites during snack time. When the muffins were fresh from the oven, we could easily pop a few into our mouth and only felt “guilty” after that. 
I also discovered the beauty of using muffin paper cup. It can be “transformed” into a disposable plate if you open up the pleats. It saves you all the cleaning up especially during outings. Kill two birds with one stone! Doesn’t that sound great?
(Note: You can find muffin paper cups at any local baking supplies stores. I bought mine from Phoon Huat (Simei branch) and Sun Lik Trading (Seah Street)).
This super tasty banana muffin guarantees to please your preschoolers’ tummies during their breakfast and teatime, especially for the picky eaters who prefer “plain” muffins. It’s also perfect for all occasions such party, gathering and outing too. A must-try recipe for all!
>>> Click on PAGE 2 below for banana muffin recipe with step-by-step instructions and photos.………
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Hi, Where did you buy those lovely muffin cup? I have been looking around the supermarket but cannot get those pretty strawberry ones that you have.
Evelyn: You can find those muffin paper cups with strawberry design from Phoon Huat. I got mine from the Simei branch.
Thanks. I sure must get some of these muffin cups
Thanks for sharing this recipe. Yesterday I just bought 2 banana muffins from Chocolat & Spice, still soft but found this time the muffins were overly sweet even the little boys only took one bite.
Anncoo: Haven’t tried muffins from Chocolat & Spice. Hope this recipe will be able to please your boys’ tummies.
My previous 2 muffin baking didn’t turn out great. The muffin became harder when it’s cool. I’ll try out yours once my kitchen is ready.
Little Inbox: Maybe you need to adjust the baking temperature of your oven. Do share with me your feedback after trying out this recipe.
Oh really? WHen you open up the muffin cup, it becomes a plate? Good “secret”
Tigerfish: Yeah, I just learnt this “secret” recently.
your banana muffins look cute!
Peachkins: They are super tasty too! Do give it a try.
I love baked goods with bananas and you are right, it’s so hard to wait for them to ripen, you relaly have to hide it somewhere..haha
Pigpigscorner: Don’t think this will work too as these “thieves” are smarter than me. LOL!
Those look great. My son loves muffins!
Mrs. Mordecai: Tks! Muffins are our favourite too.
Your muffins look wholesome & yummy! How can anything be simpler than making muffins! Banana ones are good old classic that are hard to be resisted! Great shots, too!
Pei-Lin: Tks for your compliment! I don’t like those classic muffins as they are too sweet and huge in size. But since I started baking muffins, I really fell in love with them.
Love banana! I think it’s a great ingredient in baking.
Lee Mei (MCH): Yeah, I also can’t resist the temptation to eat some while using them for baking.
yum. can you bake some for me to bring to school?
i’m in the polytechnic btw
Felicia: No problem. Can I exchange them with your beautiful macarons? I’m staying near Singapore Polytechnic. Hehehe!
Cute muffins and tasty for sure !
Vanille: Tks. Will you give it a try?
Beautiful muffin cups! Your pictures are magazine-like!
Angie: Tks for your wonderful comments. I feel so inspiring!!
I wanna have some too!
Dora: Sure! Help yourselft!
The muffins look so adorable and I bet the taste is superb! Great snack for kids & preschoolers, will bookmark it!
Alice: Great snack for both my hubby and myself too!
I love banana muffin too and make it quite often. My suggestion is to place some almond flake ( or other kind of nuts) on the top to garnish. Could you try it next time ? Have a nice day !
Anh: Tks a lot for your suggestion! I had tried pine nuts before. Yes, will definitely try adding some nuts in my next attempt as I plan to introduce nuts into my son’s diet.
Lovely, I love banana muffins!
LCOM: Tks!
I am drool for one, can?
BBO: Sure, as many as you want.
your banana muffins look perfect – and I also like the cute looking cups and utensils. Very pretty pictures =)
Banana muffins! I wanna try to make. Yummy~~~
Allie: An easy-peasy recipe for you. Btw, have you bought your oven?
Love the coconut in these mufins..great addition. The little muffin cups are cool, I will track those down. Neat how they open into little plates. Great recipe and gorgeous photos!!
Marla: Tks for dropping by and your compliments.
These muffins are good for both kids and adults alike!
Anh: Yeah, I can’t agree more.
My favourite type of muffin.
Your son is so darling. I am glad he is easy going about food. Good for him, and for you too!
Ju: Just keep my fingers crossed.
thanks for sharing ….
I love baking muffin or cupcake , but sad to said, my son not in to cake …. only me and daddy …
Anggie: Then what is his favourite snack?
can i cut down the amount of banana
Jack: Is there any particular reason to cut down the banana? Lesser bananas will make the muffins become drier. I suggest that you follow closely this recipe for your 1st trial and make the necessary adjustments in your 2nd attempt.
After 2 failed attempts to make muffin using recipe from recipe book, I decided to use your receipe. Guess what? The muffin really look great and taste good. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
DaneCalyMum: Thanks for sharing your success story!! Hope to hear more feedbacks from you in future.
“combine melted butter, milk, lighted beaten eggs and vanilla essence. Stir until well mixed. Add in sugar and salt.” -Can you share with me how to combine the wet ingredients? Using whisk or electric mixer, and how long we should mix it? I always get hard and wet muffin
. I guess my mixing method is wrong. Thanks
Busymum: There are 2 methods in making muffins – mixing and creaming as mentioned in my how to make muffin post. This banana muffin recipe calls for mixing method. So a hand whisk (as shown in page 2 of this post) will do the job. Put all the required ingredients inside a mixing bowl and stir in a clockwise direction until they are well combined. Do not beat. Then follow by next step. As for your muffins, I don’t understand why it is hard yet wet. It should be either hard and dry or soggy and wet. If it is hard, then it may be due to wrong mixing method, and wrong baking temperature and time, wrong measurement (especially recipes that call for US cup). If it is wet, it may be due to wrong baking temperature and time, or baking at a lower rack. These reasons will cause the muffins to be underbaked. Please give this recipe a try and let me know your feedback. Before that, do go thru those tips I mentioned in my “how to make muffins” post. Looking forward to hear your success story.
Wow! You wouldn’t believe was just gonna attempt to make banana muffins this weekend. I have a recipe but your pictures have enticed me further!!
The Sudden Cook: Glad that you like my banana muffins. Happy trying!
Where exactly is this bakeshop you mentioned at Seah Street? Is it opposite Raffles Hotel?
NEL: It is Sun Lik Trading located at 33 Seah Street (Tel: 63380863). Opposite Bras Basah Complex as well as Raffles Hotel. Same road as Toy Museum. This is the link to the location view: http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_1/travel_site_13474/5/. Hope this helps. Let me know if you still can’t find it.
Thanks so much for the details
Will definitely check it out!
NEL: You’re welcome!