[Recipe] "Hollaback" Banana (Nut) Crumb Muffins

I love bananas.  And all desserts that taste of or like bananas: Chunky Monkey ice cream (or other banana-based ice creams), banana splits, banana cream pie, banana fudge cookies, etc.  I'd say, really, that they're my one true weakness in life.

Our torrid love affair began in the first grade.  I was invited to a family friend's birthday party, and they served a Big Bird birthday cake (extra points for the Sesame Street theme)-- a big, yellow, creamy, and banana-heavenly cake that I've never forgotten.  It was love at first bite (in a totally non-creepy, non-vampire way).

"Hollaback" Banana (Nut) Crumb Muffins

an original recipe by tammiest (the Passionfruit Fashionista)

Makes 12 muffins

This is, in my humble opinion, far and away my best and most favorite recipe.  The muffin is incredibly moist, and the banana and cinnamon are melt-in-your-mouth delicious.

Muffin Base - Ingredients

1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

4 over-ripe bananas, mashed

3/4 cup light brown sugar

1 egg, lightly beaten

1/3 cup butter, melted

1/2 cup walnuts (optional)

Crumble - Ingredients
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon butter

Directions

1.  Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.  Lightly grease the muffin tin or line with muffin cups.

2.  In a large bowl, mix together 1-1/2 cups flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.  In another bowl, beat together the mashed bananas, brown sugar, egg, and melted butter.  Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture until just moistened.  Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups.

3.  In a small bowl, mix together the brown sugar, 2 tablespoons of flour, and cinnamon.  Cut in 1 tablespoon of butter and mix until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.  Sprinkle over the muffin batter.

4.  Bake in preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes.