Ingredients
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1/8 tsp fine salt
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla essence
- 75g chopped walnuts
- 125ml milk
- 8 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 130g dark brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- Smashed bananas (about 4 to 6 bananas)
- 350g unbleached plain flour
Method
1) Preheat the oven to 220°C / gas mark 7.
2) Lightly brush a 12-muffin tin with butter and set aside.
3) Whisk the flour, bicarbonate of soda, brown sugar, and cinnamon
together in a medium bowl; set aside.
4) Whisk the banana, oil, milk, eggs, salt, and vanilla in a large
measuring cup with a spout or another bowl.
5) Make a small well in the center of the dry ingredients. Pour wet
ingredients into the center; then stir with a wooden spoon until the dry
ingredients are moistened but still lumpy. Do not overmix the batter or
your muffins will come out dense. Gently stir in the nuts. Divide the
batter evenly into the muffin tin.
6) Put the muffins in the oven and immediately reduce oven temperature to 190°C / gas mark 5. Bake until golden brown, about 25 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through the cooking. (Insert a toothpick into the center of a muffin to check if it is done. Toothpick should come out clean). Cool muffins in the pan on a rack for a couple minutes. Turn the muffins out of the pan and cool on the rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.
