The Quest for the Perfect Banana Muffin
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We love rich, moist banana bread and we love muffins.  But most banana muffins just don't have enough bananas.  So we set off to find the perfect banana muffin recipe. 

For us, the perfect banana muffin is going to be very banana-rich but still be light and cake-like and with a high dome.  In our quest, we found what works and what doesn't.  We'll share that discovery with you.

In this issue, you'll also find great banana muffin recipes--including chocolate and cinnamon chippers--plus how to put high domes on your muffins.  We'll tell you about some fancy little muffins made with a great new pan and savings up to 45% on the tools you'll need to make great muffins.

You'll make the best banana muffins ever.

Dennis & Merri Ann Weaver

The Quest for the Perfect Banana Muffin

The perfect banana muffin was more elusive than we expected.  We wanted a banana muffin that was banana-rich but still light and airy like a cake and with high domes.  But when we loaded up the batter with bananas--enough to make it really taste like bananas--the fruit weighed the muffin down so that it was dense and unattractive. 

See how we made the perfect banana muffins >>

How to Make High Domes
on Your Muffins

You too can have spectacular high-domed muffins.  Some time ago, we wrote an article setting forth how to make muffins with high domes.  We used those principles for the muffin recipes here and you can use them with your recipes.

Read “The Secrets of High-Domed Muffins” >>

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Variations on the
Perfect Banana Muffin

Once we had our recipe down, we started experimenting--a banana muffin for every occasion. 

Jumbo Banana Muffins. Here's the recipe.  All we had to do was change the baking time. 

Banana Muffin Tops. Muffin tops are better.  We used a muffin top pan.  Again, the baking times are different.

Fancy Little Banana Muffins. We used a mini-cheesecake pan to make the classiest little muffins.  We made these little “tall hat” muffins with and without streusel.  The removable bottoms in the pan make them a snap to remove. 

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins.  We made these kid favorites (actually, they were favorites with the crew also) with the simple addition of dark chocolate chips.

Banana Cinnamon Chip Muffins.  These are really good muffins made with cinnamon chips. 

Don't forget the original Perfect Banana Muffin Recipe >>

From Our Kitchen:
What We Used
(Save up to 45%!)

Here are the tools and ingredients we used to make the muffins in this issue. 

Standard and jumbo nonstick muffin pans Your muffin pans should be heavy and dark and absolutely nonstick.  We let our muffins sit for three to five minutes and then just lifted them out.

Mini cheesecake pans These are the pans that we used to make those classy little high top muffins.  The pan is designed for little cheesecakes but it makes marvelous little half-sized muffins. 

Mr. Mister Even though we used quality nonstick pans, it's a good idea to spray your pans with oil.  We like a mister because it's quick and easy and reaches down into the corners. 

Muffin top pans As far as we're concerned, this is an essential in any kitchen.  Why make a muffin when you can make only the tops?  The tops are the best part. 

Large ice cream scoop You need a way to measure out the same amount of batter for each muffin cavity.  This does it.  A mounded scoop fills a standard muffin cavity; two scoops are just right for jumbo muffins. 

Silicone spatulas We don't bake without our silicone spatulas.  We use them for mixing and scraping bowls clean.  The soft, thin-bladed spatula is incredible for removing that occasional muffin or cake that does stick. 

Pure dark chocolate chips Better ingredients make for better baking and right now these pure chocolate chips are on sale.  Made by a candy maker and they taste like it.  

Cinnamon chips These make great banana cinnamon chip muffins--but use them in cookies, scones, and pancakes too.  These belong in every serious baker's kitchen.
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