Recipe #10: Banana Crown Muffins

Banana Crown Muffina

The "crown" on these muffins is intended to be (I think) the slice of banana and teaspoon of mango jam that are added to the top of the muffin before baking. You can see this in the photo of the muffins (it looks black because of the cooked banana). That addition seemed a little weird to me and unnecessary, as it doesn't seem to add much to the muffin.

The muffins were good tasting, though, in spite of their strange "crowns." The recipe seems to produce a low fat muffin (no fat was added) with a slightly spongy texture, but plenty of walnuts and a nice banana flavor.

My tasters also found them to be worthy. I rate them 4.5 out of 5.

Recipe #9: Banana-and-Chocolate-Chip Muffins

Banana-and-Chocolate-Chip Muffins

These muffins were good tasting, mostly due to the chocolate chips, I think. They were more like cake, and so seemed more like dessert. My in-laws were pleased, though I think that may have been because they were so disappointed with the last recipe!

The recipe was fairly easy to make, and ended up making more than the 9 or 10 predicted by the recipe.

There were too many chocolate chips, in my estimation, overpowering the flavor of the bananas.

Overall, I give these muffins a 4.5 out of 5.

We're going to stay in the banana realm for a few more recipes. Next is Banana Crown Muffins.

Recipe #8: Bacon Muffins

Bacon Muffins

These muffins were essentially plain muffins with lots of crumbled bacon in them. They were not sweet, so were intended to go with a main dish. We ate them with scrambled eggs at supper time. They were good tasting, but maybe just a little too full of bacon. (My in-laws, however, didn't care for them.)

I may have inadvertently used too much bacon (the recipe called for 8 slices), since the bacon slices I used were a little thicker than average. Also, I crumbled the crispy bacon by hand, which left some pieces too large and a bit too chewy, I think. Next time I might try using the food processor to crumble the bacon.

The idea of bacon muffins was a new one for me, so it was an interesting experience.

I'd give these muffins 4.5 out of 5.