Cocoa Banana Bran Muffins Recipes

BANANA BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a muffin pan or line with paper muffin liners.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar together until fluffy. Add bananas, milk, vanilla and eggs; mix well. Stir in flour, bran, baking powder, soda and salt; blend just until moistened. Stir in walnuts. Pour batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool in the cups for 5 minutes, then remove muffins and place on a wire rack to cool completely.

COCOA-BANANA BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F and lightly grease muffin tin.
• Set aside.
• Peel bananas; mash one and slice the other.
• Set aside.
• Stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine cereal and milk.
• Let stand 2-3 minutes or until cereal is softened.
• Add egg, margarine and mashed bananas.
• Mix well.
• Mix in sliced banana.
• Add the flour mixture, stirring just until combined.
• Portion into muffin tins evenly.
• Bake for 20-22 minutes, or until tops spring back when lightly touched.

COCOA BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter or put paper cups in muffin pan.
• Mash bananas.
• Whisk in eggs, buttermilk, vegetable oil and vanilla.
• Mix the dry ingredients.
• Be sure to sift the cocoa.
• Mix wet and dry ingredients until just blended.
• Spoon the batter into the muffin cups.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes, until done.
• If you like, lay a slice of banana over each muffin before baking.

COCOA-BANANA BRAN MUFFINS (FOR THE DIABETIC)

Steps:

• Preheat over to 400f and lightly grease muffin tin or line with paper.
• Set aside.
• Peel bananas and mash (or slice one).
• Set aside.
• Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine cereal and milk.
• Let stand 2-3 minutes or until cereal is softenened.
• Add egg, fat substitute, and mashed bananas.
• Mix well.
• Mix is sliced bananas (if one was sliced).
• Add the flour mixture, stirring just until combined.
• Portin into muffin tins evenly.

CHOCOLATE BANANA BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, whisk the first six ingredients. Stir in bran flakes. In another bowl, whisk eggs, bananas, oil and buttermilk until blended. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened., Fill foil-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 12-14 minutes. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.