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Banana Split Mini Muffins

We seem to end up with a lot of overly ripe bananas in our house. After seeing a Ziploc commercial about how the average American throws away $500 worth of food each year, I decided to make something awesome out of our almost-gone-bad bananas. Here is my recipe for Banana Split Mini Muffins, so named for their chocolateness and their size.

Ingredients:
3 extra ripe bananas, peeled and mashed
1/2 cup of vegan butter (like Earth Balance)
1/4 cup vegan milk (soy, rice, almond)... I used chocolate almond milk :)
1 tsp apple cider vinegar to curdle your milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup vegan sugar (like Florida Crystals or Whole Foods Vegan Sugar)
1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips (like Ghirardelli semi-sweet)

Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 350F. Mix the wet ingredients together in a bowl (but make sure to curdle your milk with vinegar before mixing that in with everything else). Mix the dry ingredients together, then mix everything together.
I dubbed these "banana split muffins" because they have chocolate and bananas, but you could make them even more banana splity by mixing in chopped walnuts or other sundae toppings (dried cherries would be delicious!).
If you use a mini muffin tray, you should bake these bad boys for about 17-22 minutes. They are done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
If you use a regular muffin tray, they need to bake for about 35-40 minutes.
If you use a loaf pan, it will take about an hour.

Save Your Ripe Bananas!!

Spawn of Seitan
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