Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

I made some sinful Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins today.. This easy to follow recipe is from "Chef Wan Baked Treats" by Chef Wan. However, I reduced the sugar amount as the ripened bananas and chocolate chips were the main sweet ingredients in this muffin recipe, and i did not want the muffins to turn out any sweeter. The taste turned out about right for me.

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar (I reduced it to about 3/4 cup instead)

1 egg

1 cup ripe bananas, mashed

1 tsp baking soda

2 tbsp hot water

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 cup chocolate chips

bananans (cut into chunks) and chocolate chips to decorate

Method

1. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and mashed bananas.

2. Mix baking soda with hot water and pour into butter mixture.

3. Fold in flour and salt. Stir in chocolate chips.

4. Spoon batter into greased muffin cups. Top each muffin with two chunks of banana and sprinkle with chocolate chips.

5. Bake in preheated oven (about 180 deg celcius) for about 20 mins.

Recipe Source :  "Chef Wan Baked Treats" by Chef Wan

Chocolate Chips and Peanut Butter Cookies

My hands were itching to bake again, but this time I just wanted to do something easy and simple. I found this easy to follow recipe from one of my cookbooks and baked these chocolate chips cookies in less than an hour.These cookies are very addictive, especially if you have a sweet tooth.

Ingredients

1. 250g butter, cubed and softened

2. 310g soft brown sugar (I reduced it to 280g instead)

3. 1/2 cup peanut butter (you can use either smooth or crunchy peanut butter)

4. 3 tsps vanilla essence

5. 2 eggs

6. 310g plain flour

7. 200g raw peanuts (I did not add this)

8. 250g dark chocolate, roughly chopped (I used 200g chocolate chips instead)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 deg celcius. Line baking trays with baking paper.
2. Beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy.
3. Mix in the peanut buuter and vanilla.
4. Add the eggs, one at a time and beat well.
5. Stir in the flour, peanuts and chopped chocolate.
6. Place a teaspoon of the mixture well apart on the baking trays.
7. Bake for about 12-15 mins until lightly browned around the edges.
8. Leave on the trays for 5 mins before cooling on a wire rack.

Recipe Source : "Jumbo Choc-chip and Peanut Cookies" by "Gorgeous Biscuits" (Periplus Mini Cookbooks)