Friday, August 26, 2011

Banana Muffins using baby food and "The best Frosting Ever"

I decided to make Banana Muffins today but I didn't have any Bananas on hand. I did however have a ton of baby food bananas on hand. So I used Baby food in place of them. Here is the recipe I used and a recipe for "The best frosting ever". Yes that is really what it is called. It is pretty good but I think that I like Cream Cheese frosting better!!


Banana Muffins:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
6 four ounce jars stage 2 Baby food Bananas
2 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Mix together butter, bananas, eggs, and vanilla.  Stir in Flour, Salt, baking soda and baking powder. Do not over stir. (Add nuts if desired). Spoon batter evenly into 12 Muffin Cups. Bake for 25 Minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Remove cupcakes from pan; cool completely on a wire rack. Spread tops with frosting. 


Frosting: (I only made half of this and it was plenty for 12 Muffins)
1 cup Milk
5 Tablespoons Flour
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Butter Cold but not too cold, should be left out for a little while to just barely soften. (Don't let it get too soft or it will not stick right to butter)
1 cup Granulated Sugar (not Powdered Sugar!)

In a small saucepan, whisk flour into milk and heat, stirring constantly, until it thickens. Remove from heat and let it cool to room temperature. After it cools cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla to the cooled milk/flour mixture.  Then add the cooled milk/flour/vanilla mixture and beat until it all combines and resembles whipped cream.

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