Chocolate chip banana bread cupcakes/sjokoladeknapp bananbrød muffins

 

This was my first time not only making banana bread but also tasting it, and let me tell you, I am smitten! I love the banana taste with the dark chocolate bites and how it's quite dense, but still super moist. I think this is what they would call a breakfast muffin in America and although I don't eat sweets for breakfast, I think it might be a good idea to keep some in the freezer for days when cheering up is needed.

The recipe is super simple and very straight forward. The only part that might be new is to make your own buttermilk. Buttermilk is the stuff that's left over when you make butter out of cream. In America this is sold in stores and it's used quite a lot in baking. The acidity in it makes your cake very moist and I love to use it. The only thing is that they don't sell it here in Norway so you can either make your own,  use sour cream, "sour milk" (kulturmelk) or even yoghurt. I usually just make my own as I always keep milk and white vinegar in stock but if you can't be bothered I would recommend sour cream as a replacement.

 

Chocolate chip banana bread muffins (recipe adapted from Noshing with the nolands)

113 g butter (room temperature)

180 g sugar

2 eggs (room temperature)

180 g flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

3 rip bananas
1 cup buttermilk (can replace with sour cream)

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup chocolate chips (mine are 57% callebaut)
A few drops of lemon juice

Sjokoladeknapp bananbrød muffins (oppskrift fra Noshing with the nolands, men har endret en del)

113 g smør (romstemperert)

180 g sukker

2 egg (romstemperert)

180 g mel

1 ts natron

1 ts bakepulver

1/2 ts salt

3 modne bananer

2,3 dl smørmelk (kan bruke rømme istedenfor)

1 ts vanilje ekstrakt

2,3 dl sjokoladeknapper (mine er 57% callebaut link)

Noen få dropper sitron juice

Set the oven to 350 fahrenheit/175 celcius

If you don't have buttermilk it's easy to make you own. Just take out a measuring cup, put 4 tsp white vinegar (or lemon juice) in it and then put in milk until you reach one cup. It needs to sit for about 15 mins so make this before anything else. If this sounds to complicated or you don't have the right ingredients than you can just use sour cream.

Hvis du ikke har smørmelk er det enkelt å lage sin egen. Bare ta et dl mål ha i 4 ts hvit eddik (eller citron juice) og ha så i melk til du når 2,3 dl. Den må stå i ca 15 min, så lag denne før du begynner på noen annet.

  

Put your butter and sugar in a bowl and mix until light and fluffy (about 5 mins)

Ha smør og sukker i en bolle og miks til det er lyst og fluffy (ca 5 min)

  

Add one egg at a time, mixing well between each addition

Ha så i ett egg av gangen og bland godt

Putt all of your dry ingredients in a bowl and mix until it's all well blended

Ha alle de tørre ingrediensene i en bolle og bland godt

Put your bananas in another bowl with some lemon juice (to prevent browning) and mix until it's a mushy mess

Ha bananene i en annen bolle med litt citron juice og mos til det er en tykk smørje

Add your buttermilk and vanilla to the banana mush and mix well

Tilsett smørmelken og vaniljen til bananmosen og bland

Now we're going to alternate between the wet and dry ingredients. When doing this always begin and end with the dry stuff. Here it's dry-wet-dry-wet-dry. Remember to incorporate well after each addition but do not overmix.

Nå skal vi bytte på å ha i tørre og våte ingredienser. Når man gjør dette er det viktig å alltid starte og slutte med den tørre blandingen. Denne gangen blir det da tørr-våt-tørr-våt-tørr. Husk å blande godt etter hver addisjon, men ikke for mye!

The least step is to add the chocolate chips, using a spatula to carefully blend them with the dough.

Det siste steget er å ha i sjokoladeknappene. Bland de forsiktig inn sammen med en slikkepott.

The baking time for this vary a lot depending on the size of muffin liner you use. The small cupcake size I would say about 10-15 min, while the big ones i use (three times the size of cupcakes) took about 25 mins. Just keep your eye on it and check them with a toothpick when they start turning golden brown.

Steke tiden for disse varierer veldig ettersom hvilken størrelse du lager. Små i cupcake størrelse vil ta ca 10-min, men mine (som er tre ganger så store som det) tok ca 25 minutter. Bare husk å sjekke med en tannpirker når de begynner å bli gyldene i fargen.