Tea Breads, Buns And Muffins Recipes - Banana And Pecan Muffins

Ingredients

• 150g/1 1/4 cups plain flour

• 7.5ml/1 1/2 tsp baking powder

• 50g/4 tbsp butter or margarine, at room temperature

• 150g/5oz caster sugar

• 1 egg

• 5ml/1 tsp vanilla essence

• 3 bananas, mashed

• 50g/1/2 cup pecan nuts, chopped

• 75ml/5 tbsp milk

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 190C/375F. Lightly grease 8 deep muffin cups. Sift the flour and baking powder into a small bowl. Set aside.

2. With an electric mixer, cream the butter or margarine and sugar together. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until fluffy. Mix in the banana.

3. Add the pecan nuts. With the mixer on low speed, beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk.

4. Spoon the mixture into the prepared muffin cups filling them two-thirds full. Bake until golden brown and a skewer inserted into the centre of a muffin comes out clean, about 20-25 minutes.

5. Let the muffins coo in the cups on a wire rack for about 10 minutes, Too loosen, run a knife gently around each muffin and unmould on the wire rack. Leave to cool 10 minutes longer before serving.