Maui Banana Bread Muffins

This is my favorite recipe. Reminds me of banana bread Mike and I got on our honeymoon in Maui halfway on our road to Hana trip. It's also super easy with not a lot of ingredients.

Ingredients:

• 1-1/4 cup of flour  
• 1 cup sugar  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt  
• 1 teaspoon baking soda  
• 3 very ripe bananas  
• 1/2 cup melted butter 
  
• 2 eggs

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Sift together flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda. 
3. Blend together bananas, shortening, and eggs. 
4. Fold flour mix into blended wet ingredients ...don't over mix. 
5. Spoon into 9 x 9 x 2-inch pan, sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. (Or use paper liners in 12-cup standard cupcake tin.) Thump once to remove air holes. 
6. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes. (20 minutes for muffins). Bread/muffins should be a dark brown color.
7. Cool. Cut into squares. 

Chi's Banana Muffins

I loved this recipe and so does the kids! Applesauce and yogurt makes this so moist and makes you feel it's healthy too! I only had nonfat Greek yogurt at home and it worked out fine. (I halved this recipe and got 23 standard muffins. I also omitted the nuts)

Ingredients:

3½ Cups flour
2.5 Cups sugar (I used half brown sugar and half white sugar)
1 Teaspoon salt
2 Teaspoon baking soda
2 Sticks butter (softened)
½ Cup of applesauce
½ Cup of plain yogurt
4 Eggs
1 Teaspoon vanilla
5 Tablespoons of butter milk
*Substitution: 1 Cup of a milk and lemon (1 whole) mix
1½ Cup nuts of choice (optional)
5 Bananas or 2 Cups (mashed up)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix all wet ingredients except bananas in a large bowl.
Sift dry ingredients and add to wet ingredients in portions. When the batter is all mixed
up, fold in mashed bananas.
Pour into muffin pan and bake at about 20 minutes or until
toothpick comes out clean. Or you can bake in a loaf for about an hour.

Baked Egg Muffins

I came across this recipe while browsing the web. It's really fast and really rather tasty and all you really need is your basic breakfast items to assemble. Cook the bacon the night before to save time, and simply assemble and bake in the morning. I added a bit of truffle oil before serving and it was delish!

Ingredients
-bread
-butter
-bacon
-eggs
-cheese
-chives

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Butter your muffin tin. Cut edges off the crusts of the bread and butter the bread slices. Press each slice gently into the bottom of the muffin cup. Bake for 3 to 6 minutes, depending on the thickness of the bread, until it is starting to crisp.

Remove tin from the oven, place the bacon on the bottom of each cup. Save some bacon for garnishing. Crack an egg into each cup. Season with salt and pepper, and cover with cheese.

Place the muffin tin back into the oven and bake for 10 to 14 minutes until the whites are just set, or to the desired consistency. Remove the bread cups with a spoon, garnish with chives and bacon bits.

note: I baked mine for 15 minutes because I didn't want the yolk to be too runny.