My Sweet Things

Blogs. Love them. Read them daily. I have many favorites and I am huge fan of the Pioneer Woman. I came across her blog through photography but discovered her amazing cooking talents as well. She recently started a new blog call Tasty Kitchen. On this site you can find an abundance of delicious tried and true recipes. While browsing through Tasty Kitchen I came across this recipe for Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. Well, I happened to have some pretty ripe bananas sitting on the counter and chocolate chips in the pantry so the timing was perfect. I grabbed the ingredients, cracked, beat, stirred, sprinkled…had a few licks and in the end, I had delicious Muffins! These are very moist and the chocolate and banana together? Perfect! Thanks to Wendy for adding the recipe!  You can find me at Tasty Kitchen as member dsolzer!

Ingredients I used for this recipe.

1 cup Unsalted Butter

1 cup sugar

3 whole ripe bananas

2 whole eggs

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon Kosher Salt

5 tablespoons Milk

1 teaspoon Cinnamon

1 Cup Milk Chocolate Chips

Cream Butter and Sugar

Add in the bananas -

Bananas remind me of the Chiquita Banana Stickers we would pull

off the bunch and stick to our foreheads as kids. Then we would break into song of course!

“I’m Chiquita banana and I’ve come to say – Bananas have to ripen in a certain way-

When they are fleck’d with brown and have a golden hue -

Bananas taste the best and are best for you – You can put them in a salad -

You can put them in a pie-aye – Any way you want to eat them – It’s impossible to beat them

But, bananas like the climate of the very, very tropical equator – So you should never put bananas in the refrigerator.”

Of course you know that song?

How about now? Does this image help? Good. Now back to the recipe!

Add in the rest of the ingredients – see that cinnamon and chocolate chips? Yummy!

Spray muffin tins and add scoops of muffin mix. I prefer Baker’s Joy.

It contains both oil and flour so you don’t have to mess with greasing

and flouring the pans. Ok? Ok. Now we bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes

or until they are a pretty golden brown.

While the muffins are baking, I deal with this mess. It’s all good though because soon

I have these waiting for me….

Hello Friend.

Warm and delish!

See? Here’s a bite for you.

It’s all good.

~ Donna

Now what starts with the letter “C”?
“Cookie” starts with “C”!
Let’s think of other things that starts with “C”!
Uh. . .Uh. . . Who cares about da other things?!

“C” is for Cookie that’s good enough for me,
“C” is for cookie that’s good enough for me,
Oh! cookie, cookie, cookie starts with “C”!  ~ Cookie Monster~ Sesame Street

Well, you know what else starts with the letter C? Chocolate! Yes Please. I had huge craving for chocolate on Monday so what better way to squish that craving then to whip up a batch of Chocolate Chip Cookies! Years ago I bought the Mrs. Fields Best Ever Cookie Book. Mrs. Fields knows about cookies so I used her famous Blue-Ribbon Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. The cookies are rich and chewy just the way we like them around this house. The recipe makes close to 3 1/2 dozen which means there are plenty to share….or not…okay…share I will and I did.

Ingredients for this recipe.

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup (packed) dark brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 sticks salted butter, softened (I used unsalted butter and added an extra 1/4 teaspoon salt)

2 large eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

Combine flour, soda, and salt – Mix well with wire whisk

Why hello there brown sugar!

Hello white sugar. I have a friend who is waiting to meet you!

Sugar’s meet and mix!

Throw two sticks of butter in the mix.

Butter meets sugar. At this point, please feel free to taste. So buttery and sugary. So good!

Eggs and vanilla in the yummy butter, sugar mix.

Mix at medium speed until just blended.

Add the flour mixture.

Add chocolate chips and mix until just barely mixed.

Hello tasty morsels! You deserve a close up!

All mixed up and ready to eat by the spoonful!

But no, really you should do this and drop by the tablespoon onto the cookie sheet.

While the cookies are baking in the 300 degree oven for 18-22 minutes, I start cleaning

up this mess!

Here is a look at the first batch and my first bite! or second bite? Where’s the milk?

All done and nicely stacked….but not for long!

This is a simple recipe with rich results. Enjoy!

It’s all good.

~Donna