Banana chocolate chips muffin

Succeeded once and I just had to make it again! Because muffins are so easy to make. So little preparation and baking time is only 20 minutes. I had to make again, of course with different ingredients. 

This round, I attempted on banana chocolate chips muffin recipe. This recipe is adapted from MarthaStewart with some minor adjustment. These muffins are soft and moist with bread-like texture.  They remind me of the warm banana and cinnamon porridge top with chocolate chips that my housemate made on a cold winter's morning back in Australia. Those were the time *reminiscing*. Aha! Maybe I should make this porridge next. ;)

Oh well, without further ado, let's get started on the muffin!

Ingredients for 12 regular size muffins:

2 cups all purpose flour
2  1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
3 extra-ripe bananas, mashed or 1 cup
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
113g unsalted butter, melted and cooled to room temperature
1/4 cup whole milk
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Steps:

1) Preheat oven to 190dC for 20 minutes.

2) Grease a standard 12-cup muffin tin with butter or olive oil tin or line the tin with baking cups. 

3) In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and ground cinnamon.

4) In a separate bowl, whisk together the mashed banana, brown sugar, egg, unsalted butter and milk, orderly until combined.

5) Make a 'well' at the center of the dry ingredients from step (3).

6) Add the wet ingredients to the center and fold well until just combined. (Note: Do not over-mixed. Over-mixing will make them dense and chewy. Some lumps are fine).

7) Stir in chocolate chips into the batter.

8) Divide batter evenly into muffin tin/cups. About 3/4 full. Optional: Place on top of each muffin with a thin slice of banana and press down.

9) Bake at 190dC for 20 minutes, or until the tops spring back when lightly touched and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. 

10) Set aside to let cool completely on wire rack.

Voila! This muffin and a cup of tea is perfect match!