These Are Good

I picked up some cheap (well, cheap-ish! They were out for $5/kg rather than the $9 we’re paying at the moment) bananas earlier in the week and hadn’t used all of them before they started turning brown. While I'm not generally a big fan of muffins, this recipe caught my eye and I was really impressed with the results. These are quite light, unlike most muffins, and have a real banana flavour They were also super easy.

Banana and Cinnamon Muffins
Cheap Eats

Makes 12

2 cups self-raising flour
1/3 cup plan flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup mashed banana (I used 4 small bananas)
2 eggs
¾ cup buttermilk (I used closer to a cup)
1/3 cup vegetable oil
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, extra

Cream Cheese Topping
125g cream cheese, softened
¼ cup icing sugar

1. Preheat oven to 200˚C. Grease a 12 hole muffin pan.
2. Sift flours, cinnamon, soda and sugar into large bowl; stir in banana then combined eggs, buttermilk and oil.
3. Divide mixture among pan holes; bake muffins about 20 minutes. Stand muffins in pan 5 minutes; turn onto wire rack to cool.
4. To make cream cheese topping beat ingredients together in a small bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Spread cold muffins with topping; sprinkle with extra cinnamon.