"How to Make Banana Bread/Muffins" By Jasmine E

            Growing up, one of the first dishes I ever made was banana bread/muffins with my Aunt Dorah. It is still by far my favorite dish to make due to it being so delicious and it bringing my whole family together because we are all obsessed with it. When I first started making banana bread/muffins with my Aunt it was just me, her, and my uncle. But now our family has grown to my 4 cousins and I including my Aunt and Uncle and we all still share the love of banana bread/muffins. So here’s our recipe. :)

If making the bread you will need a bread pan to put the mix in and if making muffins you will need a cupcake pan as well as cupcake wrappers.

Ingredients:

●      ½ cup of butter

●      1 cup of sugar

●      2 eggs beaten

●      3  ripe bananas crushed (kind of like smushed, and maybe try 4 bananas if you want your muffins/bread to be more moist)

●      1 ½ cups of flour

●      1 teaspoon of baking soda

●      ½ teaspoon of salt

●      ½ teaspoon of vanilla (optional)

●      Chocolate chips to put in mix (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit (If you have hand mixer or a kitchenaid mixer take out now as well)
2. Cream together butter and sugar
3. In that same bowl add in the eggs, and crushed bananas and mix all together
4. In a separate bowl mix (with just a spoon) the flour, baking, soda, and salt
5. Add the dry ingredients to the mix
6. Add the vanilla (optional)
7. Mix it together until it gets thick or until you think it’s ready to be put in the pan. But DO NOT OVERMIX.
8. Add the chocolate chips (optional)
9. If making the bread make sure to spray the pan with Pam or whatever spray that you in your house so that the bread does not stick to the pan
10. If making the muffins you do not have to spray the wrappers.
11. Once all the mix is done now you may put it in the pan.
12. If making the bread pour it in evenly. If making muffins only fill the wrapper halfway because if you fill it to the top, when in the oven the muffin will overflow and be all over the pan.
13. Once mixed is put in the pan, pop it in the oven.
14. For the bread you want to leave it in there for about 55 minutes or until the bread is a golden brown but check to make sure the middle of the loaf is cooked by sticking a fork in it. If the the fork comes out the completely clean the bread is done.
15. For the muffins I would say maybe 10-12 mins but constantly checking on them to see if their ready or not due to the fact that muffins cook much faster than a whole loaf of bread.
16. After it is cooked take out the oven, let it cool down and eat.

I hope you love our recipe because we sure do. It always brings us together and I hope it does for your family or friends as well.