WEEKEND COOKING: Best-Ever Banana Muffins

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Weekend Cooking is a weekly meme hosted by Candace over at Beth Fish Reads. Have a food-related posted this week, why not join the fun?

This is the first time I’ve joined this meme.

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In the 1980s, I bought or received a copy of a small spiral-bound cookbook called Muffin Mania, written by two sisters from Ontario Canada, Cathy Prange and Joan Pauli.

The book has become somewhat of a cult classic, at least in Canada. Cathy & Joan followed up with the great Nifty Nibbles, as well as Veggie Mania and Sweet Mania, but none attained the commercial or fan success of Muffin Mania.

Somewhere along the way, I’ve lost my copy of this treasure of a book and so had to turn to the Internet to find the recipe for the muffins I made often for my daughter as she was growing up. They’re aptly called:

BEST-EVER BANANA MUFFINS

3 large ripe bananas
3/4 c white sugar
1 slightly beaten egg
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 c all-purpose flour
1/3 c melted butter

Mash bananas. Add sugar and slightly beaten egg. Add the melted butter. Add the dry ingredients. Mix until it is thoroughly moistened but not smooth. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Makes one dozen.

I used to add a cup of chocolate chips to the batter for Jen’s muffins. This weekend, I made half plain and half with that addition.

Does Muffin Mania stir up any memories for you? Have another good muffin cookbook you can recommend?

posted under Weekend Cooking

14 Comments to

“WEEKEND COOKING: Best-Ever Banana Muffins”

On March 31st, 2013 at 5:14 pm Beth F Says:
I love banana bread and muffins. This recipe looks like a winner and your basket of baked goods looks irresistible. Save me one! I’ll bring the coffee.
On March 31st, 2013 at 5:33 pm Debbie Says:
These really are the best-ever, Candace. (I take cream in my coffee, please!)
On March 31st, 2013 at 7:43 pm Michelle Says:
This look delicious and easy. The name of the book-muffin mania-is just perfectly catchy! Thanks for sharing. I will have to make some for my kids as a quick breakfast treat.
On March 31st, 2013 at 9:01 pm Debbie Says:
Michelle – SOOO easy and really, really good! Thanks for dropping by. 🙂
On March 31st, 2013 at 8:47 pm Bonnie Says:
Well, I’ll definitely be trying these! We always end up with a few too many bananas, so I tend to be on the lookout for good banana recipes.
On March 31st, 2013 at 9:02 pm Debbie Says:
We seem to always have extra, browning bananas, too, Bonnie. These are a great way to use them up. Hope you like them as much as we do!
On April 1st, 2013 at 8:42 am Margaret @ BooksPlease Says:
Looks good! I’ve got some bananas that need eating soon and half a packet of Choc Chips – I’ll have to make these!
On April 2nd, 2013 at 4:40 pm Debbie Says:
Please let me know how you liked them, Margaret!
On April 1st, 2013 at 10:33 pm Christine Says:
I am unfamiliar with this Muffin Mania cookbook BUT … I have over ripe bananas on my counter just begging to be made into these muffins! 🙂
On April 2nd, 2013 at 4:39 pm Debbie Says:
Don’t we seem to always have overripe bananas around, Christine? 😉 I know that’s why I made this recipe so often for my daughter over the years. You’ll love these muffins!
On April 4th, 2013 at 5:13 pm Dianne Says:
Going to try these right away, and I am going to add some of the mulch left from juicing. We will see how this goes. Just hate to throw out all that good fiber left from juicing.
On April 4th, 2013 at 6:42 pm Debbie Says:
I don’t have a juicer, Dianne, but several friends have – and say the same thing about the ‘mulch’. Let me know how these turn out with that addition.
On April 7th, 2013 at 3:55 pm Bonnie Says:
I tried these the other day, and I have to agree that they really are some of the best banana muffins 🙂

My husband thought so too, and he’s not the easiest eater to please.
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