Banana muffins with tart lemon icing
7
Points®
Total time: 45 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 30 min • Serves: 18 • Difficulty: Easy
If you like muffins, and we assume that most of you might, then you must try these. They're like mini-frosted banana cakes with a surprising burst of lemon. Sweet and sour fans alike will fall in love with this recipe. If the mouth-puckering lemon icing isn't enough flavor for you, try adding 1/2 teaspoon each of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger to the flour mixture. These muffins are also the best way to use up some super-ripe bananas as a fun alternative to banana bread. The prep time is quick, while the rest of the time is hands-off for baking. But the hardest part is letting the muffins cool before icing them—we know they'll be difficult to resist hot out of the oven!
Ingredients
Sugar
½ cup(s)
Unsalted butter
5 Tbsp
Egg
1 large egg(s)
Vanilla extract
1 tsp
All-purpose flour
2 cup(s)
Baking powder
2 tsp
Baking soda
1 tsp
Fat free skim milk
¼ cup(s)
Banana
4 large
Powdered sugar (confectioner's)
1 cup(s)
Unsalted butter
1 Tbsp
Fresh lemon juice
1 Tbsp
Lemon zest
1 tsp
Vanilla extract
1 tsp
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line 18 muffin holes with paper liners.
2
Place sugar and butter in a large bowl; cream with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat until thoroughly mixed.
3
In another large bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and baking soda. Add half of flour mixture to butter mixture; beat well with mixer. Add milk and remaining flour mixture; beat until batter is combined and then fold in mashed bananas.
4
Spoon batter into muffin liners about 3/4 full. Bake until muffins start to brown and a tester inserted in center of a muffin comes out clean, about 25 to 30 minutes. Allow muffins to cool in pan for about 2 minutes; remove to a wire rack and cool completely before icing.
5
Meanwhile, combine icing ingredients in a medium bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy, about 1 to 2 minutes. Ice cooled muffins; cover and refrigerate any uneaten muffins. Yields 1 muffin per serving.
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