We made Banana Strudel Muffins last night. Another awesome recipe from allrecipes.com. I'm not much of a baker. I love eating sweets and looking at pretty dessert pictures. When it comes to actually making it, I don’t think I'm all that great. Since Jer's been reminding me over and over about how baking is a science, I have this idea stuck in my head that I need to be super anal in order to do it right.
I got 4 bananas from my parents last week but they were still pretty hard. I waited a whole week for it to ripen and they were finally ready for their big show. Jer was in charge of mashing the bananas. I didn't watch him so when he returned to the kitchen, it was like baby food mush. I thought he overdid it but it turned out just perfect consistency. At the mean time, I mixed all the dry and wet ingredients in separate bowl. I have never been so precise in my measurements before. I was leveling off the flour, baking soda, baking powder with a knife so it was exactly what the recipe called for. I made a mistake on the sugar. Many reviewers of the recipe said to change the white sugar from 3/4 cup to 1/2 cup white, 1/4 cup brown. I was so intense in measuring, I actually put in 1/2 cup brown sugar instead of 1/4 cup! I realized the mistake after I dumped the brown sugar in the bowl. I frantically tried to scoop up the extra 1/4 cup of the brown and of course the white got mix in it. BLAH! At the end, I actually wasn't sure how much brown sugar was in it….oh well.
Jer did the topping and I mixed it all in. Jer took a picture of me while I was spooning. (Not that kind of spooning…hahahah)
The smell of the banana mush and cinnamon was already intoxicating before the muffins went into the oven.
After 19 minutes, it was ready!
Verdict: Both Jer and I thought that it could be sweeter. I think it was my brown sugar mistake that contributed to the sweetness level. The muffins were super moist and the topping added some great crunch to it.
The smell of cinnamon, sugar, and banana is still lingering in the house this morning….yum. Who wouldn't want to wake up to that?
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