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Strawberry Banana Muffins
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Strawberry Banana Muffins

Ingredients

  • 1 cup fresh ripe strawberries, diced, mashed with a fork
  • 2/3 cup very ripe banana,mashed ( 1 medium size)
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs,room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 Teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 Teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 Teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line muffin tin with paper liners or grease each muffin tin.
    Macerating the strawberries - Place the diced strawberries in large bowl, mash them with a fork .  Add the 2/3 cup sugar to the bowl, stir. Let the strawberries and sugar sit for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Macerating the berries allows the juices to be released.
    Add the oil,mashed banana and eggs to the bowl, beat with an electric mixer until well combined. Add the remaining ingredients and beat until the mixture is just incorporated and moistened. 
    Spoon the batter into the muffin tins, Bake 15 to 18 minutes until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes, if you didn't use paper liners, loosen the muffins from the pans, before removing. 

Notes

This recipe makes 12 regular muffins or 6 jumbo muffins.