BANANA MUFFINS WITH CRUNCHY GRANOLA TOPPING

Banana Muffins With Crunchy Granola Topping image

Provided by nazbaz

Time 40m

Yield 18 muffins

Number Of Ingredients 12

3 cups all-purpose flour (sometimes we use 1/2 whole wheat)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 cups sugar (we use brown sugar)
1 cup vegetable oil (we usually use extra virgin olive oil)
3 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
4 bananas (ripe to over-ripe is better for mashing)
granola cereal

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Mix first 7 ingredients in a bowl.
In another large bowl, mix the rest of the ingredients, besides the bananas.
Mash the bananas (its sometimes easier to mash them in their skins a bit first) then add them to the bowl with the wet ingredients and mix them together.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in 3 installments, make sure not to over-mix.
Either grease muffin tin with a paper towel dipped in olive oil or line the muffin tin with paper liners.
Fill the muffin cups about 3/4 the way up.
Crumble granola and add to the top of each muffin, adding as much or as little as you want.
Bake for about 20-25 minutes or untill a toothpick comes out clean.
Enjoy !