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Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins with Applesauce

These easy banana chocolate chip muffins with applesauceare super moist using frozen, then thawed bananas and applesauce, and rich in flavour with added chocolate chips making these muffins the perfect sweet treat any time of day.
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Additional Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 12
Calories: 316kcal
Author: Heather Barrett
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Equipment

Ingredients  

  • ½ cup butter softened
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 frozen bananas fully thawed to room temp
  • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 F.
  • Spray a muffin tin with spray oil.
  • In a medium-sized mixing bowl, cream together sugar and butter with a mixer.
  • Mix in the eggs until well blended.
  • Mix in the bananas, using your mixer until no chunks remain.
  • Mix in the applesauce and vanilla extract.
  • In another mixing bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  • Slowly add the dry mixture to the wet mixture until everything is combined.
  • Fold in your chocolate chips until combined.
  • Spoon muffin mix into muffin tins filling 3/4 full with batter. Making approximately 12 muffins.
  • Bake for 18-20 minutes until cooked through.
  • Remove from oven and let cool for 10 mins.
  • Transfer to a cooling rack and cool for another 10 mins.

Notes

RECIPE NOTES & EXPERT TIPS
One thing with banana muffins and any baking for that matter is the ratio of all ingredients. When it comes to making these banana muffins, the bananas are what keep the muffins moist.
Make sure you DO NOT use too much flour. Best tip, use measuring cups that are like a scoop to evenly level off the flour to be exact.
Another thing to note is that we use bananas that have been frozen and then thawed, for two reasons:
  • One is that they are easier to break down when mixing them into the batter and no clumps of banana are hidden within the muffins.
  • Two, we find they add more moisture to this banana chip muffin recipe, leaving them extra moist.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword banana chocolate chip muffins, banana muffins, breakfast muffins, muffins, snacks, sweet treats

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 316kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 235mg | Potassium: 231mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 318IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 1mg
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