How to prepare Easy Banana Pecan Nut Muffins, a perfect and healthy way to start your day and also fantastic for breakfast, snack, or a dessert!
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- Use butter AND oil as butter makes things tasty but oil makes things moist. So use both whenever you can!
- Do not overmix the batter
- Do not bake for longer than 20 minutes.
How to prepare Easy Banana Pecan Nut Muffins

An easy, moist, tasty, and well-loved treat. You can enjoy it with tea or coffee, as a quick on-the-go breakfast, or whenever you feel like something to tie you over!
Ingredients
- 125 g Stork Bake or Butter
- 250 ml castor sugar
- 2 eggs
- 4 ripe bananas, mashed
- 5 ml vanilla essence / extract
- 500 ml Cake Flour
- 5 ml bicarbonate soda
- 5 ml Baking Powder
- 5ml Mixed spice
- 125 ml hot water
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180C / 350F
- Cream butter & sugar until light & creamy
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Stir in Vanilla extract, and mashed bananas, add flour, baking powder, & mixed spice followed by bicarbonate soda dissolved in hot water.
- Mix until well combined.
- Spoon into paper cupcake liners and bake them for 20 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the middle comes out clean
- Add chopped nuts, like walnuts or pecan nuts just before popping them in the oven.
- Makes about 22 regular-size muffins.
Notes
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Nutrition Information
Yield
22Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 152Total Fat 5gSaturated Fat 3gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 29mgSodium 66mgCarbohydrates 25gFiber 1gSugar 12gProtein 2g
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