Banana muffins

Ingredients:
Ripe banana - 3 - chopped and mashed about 1 and 1/4 cup,
Walnuts - 1 cup or 100 gms - chopped  ( you can roast the walnuts if you like ),
All purpose flour - 1 and 3/4 cup or 230 gms ( sieved ),
White powdered sugar - 3/4 cup or 150 gms,
Butter - 1/2 cup or 113 gms ( melted and cooled ),
Baking pwd - 1 tsp ,
Baking soda - 1/4 tsp,
Ground cinnamon - 1 tsp,
Eggs - 2 ( lightly beaten ).

Pre heat oven to 350 F or 180 C.
Grease the muffin cups or lay the paper cups in the muffin tin.
Place the oven rack in the center of the oven.
Method :

Take a bowl and sieve  together flour ,baking pwd and baking soda, then add  the powdered sugar, cinnamon pwd and nuts and mix again.

 Keep aside .
In a medium size bowl beat the eggs lightly for few seconds and then combine the mashed bananas, butter and vanilla essence.

With a wooden spoon lightly fold in the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients just until combined.

Do not over mix the batter as the muffins will be tough .
Spoon 2 tbsp of the batter into the muffin tins or paper cups.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Place on wire rack to cool for  5 minutes than remove muffins from the tin.

Serve the muffins, when at room temperature.
Banana muffins are best when eaten fresh.
Keep the leftovers covered in the fridge.
I garnished my banana muffins with banana slices glazed with caramalised brown sugar and butter .
Makes 15 muffins.