Banana Muffins

I had an over ripe banana so decided to do some baking yesterday. Again tried to cut down the amount of butter and sugar and I was very happy with how they turned out.

Recipe below makes between 6 and 8 muffins based on the size of the muffins in the tray

1 cup self raising flour

1 ripe banana

1 egg

1/4 cup milk

1 tbsp butter/margarine

About 6 tsps sugar (I used brown - the muffins weren't super sweet so increase the sugar if you like)

1/2 tsp salt

handful of chopped walnuts (optional - I added them cause I had them around but all they really added was a bit of texture)

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Mash the banana. Beat together the egg, mashed banana and butter.

In another bowl mix/sift the flour, sugar and salt

Mix the dry and wet ingredients

Add the chopped walnuts and the vanilla

Pour into a lightly greased muffin tray (about 3/4 way up) and bake in a pre-heated oven at 400F for about 20 minutes.

The whole process took about half an hour so was definitely worth it! (and didnt feel super guilty either because I knew the ingredients that went in)