CHOCOLATE BANANA MARBLE MUFFINS

Chocolate Banana Marble Muffins image

Provided by Kare for Kitchen Treaty

Time 30m

Number Of Ingredients 12

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup quick-cooking oats
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 medium ripe bananas (mashed (about 1 cup))
1 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup vegetable or canola oil
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons cocoa powder

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Butter a standard muffin tin, or line with cupcake liners.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
In a medium bowl, mash the bananas, then whisk in the buttermilk, sugar, oil, egg, and vanilla extract.
Pour the wet ingredients into the flour mixture, and whisk just until blended.
Remove one cup of the batter, and add it to a medium bowl. Whisk in the cocoa powder, just until blended.
Divide the main (non-chocolate) batter between muffin cups. It's about 1/4 cup of batter per cup.
Scoop 1 tablespoon of chocolate batter on top of the batter in each muffin cup.
Using a toothpick, swirl the chocolate batter into the banana batter.
Bake for about 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Allow to cool for about five minutes.