Banana Nut Muffins

Ingredients

• 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/3 cup Challenge Butter (salted), melted and cooled
• 1 cup mashed very ripe bananas
• ½ cup + approximately 1 Tablespoon coarsely chopped pecans, divided

Directions

Preheat oven to 400°F. Generously butter a muffin pan with 2½-inch diameter cups, or use paper liners.In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, sugar and baking powder; make a well in center of the dry mixture.In a separate bowl, blend together eggs, milk, vanilla, butter and bananas.Pour liquid mixture all at once into flour well. Stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Gently stir in ½ cup nuts. Do not over mix.Fill muffin tins 2/3 full; top with a sprinkling of chopped pecans. Bake 20-25 minutes or until tops are lightly browned.Yield: 12 muffinsSource: Challenge Package recipe developed by Challenge Home Economist. Recipe for package and picture print ad for Challenge Butter product family.