This is a simple recipe is for breakfast or dessert. Successful and delicious, soft Muffin making depends on 3 important activities – measuring, mixing and baking. It is quick and very easy to prepare. It is so soft , sweet and truly delicious one. Making Banana bread or muffins or pancake, is a great way to use very ripe bananas in your fruit bowl. Both Kids and adult can enjoy this Muffins.
INGREDINETS:
METHOD:
- Measure and place all the ingredients in your work place to make Banana Walnut Muffins.
- Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
- Grease two 12- cup muffin pan or Four 6-cup muffin pans
- In a large bowl combine together All purpose flour, Baking powder, Baking soda and Salt. keep it aside.
- In a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or with an electric hand-held mixer, beat butter at high speed until it is soft and smooth, about 1 minutes. (if you don’t have Standing mixer, place butter in a large bowl and mix well using a hand mixer )
- Add sugar to the bowl and beat well, at medium speed, until the mixture is light and fluffy. Scarp down the bowl with a large rubber spatula once or twice in between. Total mixing time is 2 to 3 minutes.
- Now add the eggs one at a time, beat in medium speed, only until well blended. Scrape down the bowl once or twice.
- Add the dry ingredients (All purpose flour, Baking powder, Baking soda and Salt) and beat until the mixture is smooth.
- Now add the crushed bananas and milk and mix just until incorporated.
- Finally fold in 3/4 cup chopped walnuts.
- Spoon batter to prepared muffin pans, dividing evenly.
- Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until done. Regular size muffins bake in 18 to 20 minutes, mini-muffins bake in 10 minutes. Muffin bake best on the middle rack in the oven.
- Serve your Banana Walnut Muffins immediately or store in airtight container for 2 to 3 days.
Health benefits of Walnuts
- The Walnuts nuts are rich source of energy and contain health benefiting nutrients, minerals, antioxidants and vitamins that are essential for Human body.
- They are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, which may improve blood lipids and other cardiovascular disease risk factors.
- They are rich in monounsaturated fatty acids (about 72%) like oleic acid and an excellent source of all important omega-3 essential fatty acids like linoleic acid, alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) and arachidonic acids. Omega-3 fatty acids by their virtue of anti-inflammatory action help to lower the risk of blood pressure, coronary artery disease, strokes and breast, colon and prostate cancers.
- Regular intake of walnuts in the diet helps to lower total as well as LDL or “bad cholesterol” and increases HDL or “good cholesterol” levels in the blood.
