Mini Chocolate & Banana Muffins

The other day while at the supermarket I found a big bag of over ripe bananas for less than a quarter of the usual price so I thought I would take the chance to do a bit of baking this week. Little did I know just how many Bananas there were in the bag. I baked these muffins today to try to use some up, and the kids love them!. They have in them banana, milk chocolate melts and white chocolate melts, which in my opinion, is much better than chocolate chips.

To make these, you will need:

• 2 cups of SR flour
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 2 bananas
• 2 eggs
• 125g butter
• 1/3 cup white chocolate melts
• 1/3 cup milk chocolate melts

Grease a muffin tin and pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees celsius. 

Mash the bananas and, using an electric mixer, combine all ingredients except the chocolate.

Roughly chop the chocolate melts and add them to the bowl, gently stir them in using a wooden spoon or spatular. Spoon the mixture into a muffin tray. Bake the muffins for about 10 minutes per batch. This recipe made 34 mini muffins.

Yum!

Banana Bread

Who doesn't like banana bread?! Yum! Here is my recipe:

• 3 1/2 cups of SR flour
• 1/2 cup of plain flour
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
• 1 1/3 cup of brown sugar
• 1 cup of milk
• 4 eggs, lightly whisked
• 100g butter, melted and cooled
• 4 bananas, mashed

Pre-Heat the oven to 190 degrees celcius, grease a loaf tin with cooking spray. Combine all ingredients well, pour into the loaf tin and bake for 50 minutes. Let sit for 5 minutes before removing it from the tin. Cool on a cooling rack.

Serve with a cup of tea (or if your as desperate for some delish banana bread as Mr Bay is, eat it before you even put it in the oven) :-)

Vegemite and Cheese scrolls

You will need:

• 3 cups SR flour
• A pinch of salt
• 60g butter, diced and at room temperature
• 1 1/4 cup milk
• Vegemite
• Tasty cheese
• Plain flour for kneading

Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius and line a baking tray.

Sift the SR flour into a large bowl and add the salt. Rub the butter into the flour with the tips of your fingers until the flour slightly resembles breadcrumbs. Gradually add the milk. mix together until it is a dough.

Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead for a few minutes. Roll it into a rectangle until it is about 1/2 a cm thick. Spread the Vegemite over the dough (I found this easiest with a spatula) and sprinkle over the cheese. The amount will depend on the desired taste.

Roll the dough up and cut to desired thickness. Place, cut side up/down, onto the tray and bake for about 15 minutes or until golden.

Once cooled they can be frozen in snaplock bags. They make delicious alternatives to sandwiches in school lunches.