Strawberry Banana Muffins

Potassium in Banana protects cardiovascular system, guards against high blood pressure and stroke. Consumption of banana helps in digestion. Banana always have its own place in South Indian Lunch. Strawberries are good for bones. They are excellent source of manganese. Both banana and strawberry are my kid's favourite. Brown sugar is usually used for preparing banana strawberry muffin. As I was running out of brown sugar in my home, I baked this muffins with granulated sugar. Adapted the recipe from my library book. Please check below for step-wise instructions and pictures for preparing Strawberry Banana muffins.

Preparation Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Ready in : 30 mins
Yields: 6 Large Muffins

Ingredients:

Ripe Banana	1
Chopped strawberry	1/2 Cup
All purpose flour / Maida	1 Cup
Baking powder	1 tsp
Egg	1
Granulated sugar / Brown sugar	1/2 cup
Salt	1/2 tsp
Unsalted butter	1/4 Cup
Vanilla Essence	1/2 tsp

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350 F.  Prepare the muffin tray with liners.
• Add all dry ingredients  - flour, baking powder,sugar and salt in a large bowl. Mix well.

• Add chopped strawberry to the dry ingredients. Mix well with spatula.

•  Take butter in  second bowl. Bring Butter to room temperature. Add  vanilla essence to it.

• Add egg to the butter. Whisk well till everything is mixed.

• Mash the ripe banana with a fork. Add the mashed banana to butter, egg mixture.

• Transfer the wet ingredients in second bowl to first bowl.Whisk once till all the ingredients are mixed. Don't over mix. 

• Fill the muffin cups with batter.

• Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 mins or until a tooth pick inserted into the centre of cake come out clean.Remove from oven, transfer it to cooling rack and allow it to cool completely.

Tips:
Don't over mix the ingredients
Use the  middle rack of oven for baking.
Replace granulated sugar with brown sugar to get nice colour.