Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

When cravings for chocolate chip banana muffins coincide with extra ripe bananas there is no excuse not to bake.

Very ripe bananas make these extra sweet and extra moist.

Recipe

3 cups flour

1 tsp salt

1 T baking powder 

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup butter softened

4 oz. cream cheese softened

1/2 tsp. vanilla

1 egg

1/4 cup water

12 oz. chocolate chips

3 ripe bananas mashed

Stir flour, salt, and baking powder together. Mix sugar, butter, cream cheese, vanilla, and egg. Add 1/4 cup water and mashed bananas. Combine flour mixture with sugar mixture adding the chocolate chips. Stir until just moistened. Add a little water if the dough is too dry.

Fill either mini or regular muffin pans 3/4th the way up. Bake at 350 for 15-18  min. for mini muffins and 20-25 min. for regular muffins or until toothpick comes out clean.