Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Banana Muffins
Banana Muffins brings together ground cinnamon, baking powder, and baking soda. Keep an eye on the mixing instruction as you work. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 18 min
- Total
- 28 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 11 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Desserts
- Cuisine
- American
- Cooking method
- Baked & roasted
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: 30 minutes or less
- Dietary characteristics
- Vegetarian
A few quick notes
1. Stop mixing at the stated point
Keep an eye on the mixing instruction as you work. Once the mixture reaches the point described in the recipe, move on to the next step instead of giving it extra mixing out of habit.
2. Mix the thickener as directed
The thickening step has its own little bit of preparation. Follow the mixing step before adding it, then use the consistency check in the method as you finish.
3. Get the oven ready first
Start with the oven-preheating step in the recipe. Then use the preparation steps that follow to get the food ready for the hot oven.
Get to know the ingredients
Ground cinnamon
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl.
Baking powder
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl.
Baking soda
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
0 of 6 steps completeMake room for Banana Muffins
Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: Bake 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A little more help as you go
Set out the first ingredients
Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. It is easier to give the pan your attention when you are not still looking for the next item.
Keep the mixtures separate until their step
The method prepares more than one mixture before bringing them together. Set out the separate bowls or containers it calls for, then combine them at the stated step.
Have the whisking step ready
Set out the ingredients for the whisking step together. Follow that part of the preparation before moving to the next cooking or mixing stage.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Set out the oven. Read the first preparation step before you get going: Preheat oven to 375°F.
Which little step is worth remembering?
Keep an eye on the mixing instruction as you work. Once the mixture reaches the point described in the recipe, move on to the next step instead of giving it extra mixing out of habit.
What happens at the end?
Keep this part of the method in view: Bake 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Is there another preparation step to plan for?
Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. It is easier to give the pan your attention when you are not still looking for the next item.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: Spend With Pennies. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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