Chef John's peanut butter banana muffins bring chocolate into the famous mix of peanut butter and bananas. A piped peanut butter icing adds a little extra certain something and makes them look even prettier. In both taste and texture, this is an absolutely beautiful muffin.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 0.33 cups peanut butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 large bananas
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 0.25 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 0.5 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners, or grease cups. Whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda; set aside.
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Beat butter, peanut butter, and sugar together in a bowl with an electric mixer or whisk until light and fluffy. Add bananas and beat again until light and fluffy. Mix in eggs one at a time; stir in milk and vanilla.
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Add flour mixture; mix on low speed until about 75% of flour is incorporated. Use a spatula to stir in chocolate chips, and to fully incorporate flour. Divide batter evenly between prepared muffin cups.
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Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, 23 to 25 minutes.
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Cool muffins in the tin for about 15 minutes; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 15 minutes more.
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For icing, combine peanut butter, milk, and powdered sugar in a bowl and stir until a thick icing is formed. Add more powdered sugar as needed for an icing thick enough to hold its shape when piped. Add icing to a piping bag and pipe in a zigzag pattern over cooled muffins.
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