Banana Nut Muffins with Streusel Topping

I know, my photography doesn't do these justice...

But take my word they are Easy and DELICIOUS!

What do you get when you cross Banana Bread with Cinnamon Coffee Cake?

That's right Banana Muffins with extra yummy flavors...

This is a simple one bowl method and you can mix them up and have them baked in around 30 minutes

Breakfast, lunch or an afternoon snack, these always hit the spot.

Makes 18 Muffins

Cinnamon Streusel

Ingredients:

1/2 cup  Flour

1/2 cup Light Brown Sugar, lightly packed

4 tablespoons butter, softened

1 1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon

Pinch of Salt

Banana Muffins

Ingredients:

2 cups  Flour

3/4 cup Sugar

1/2 tsp Baking Powder

3/4 tsp Baking Soda

Pinch of Salt

1/3 cup Vegetable Oil

2 Large Eggs, lightly beaten

1/2 cup Milk (any kind)

1 tsp Vanilla 

3 large Ripe Bananas, mashed

1/2 cup Roasted Pecans or walnuts,  chopped 

Directions for Streusel:

Lightly whisk together dry ingredients in a bowl

Add the softened butter and rub into dry ingredients with your fingertips

Refrigerate until needed

Directions for Muffins:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

(while the oven is heating up toast the nuts until slightly browned)

Line a muffin pan with liners

In a large bowl whisk together the dry ingredients excluding the pecans or walnuts

In a small bowl  combine the wet ingredients excluding the banana

Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix together until just combined

Stir in the mashed bananas

Gently fold in the pecans

Spoon the batter into liners

Add Streusel to top of Muffins

Break up any large clumps of streusel mixture with a fork and sprinkle mixture on to batter

Bake until top of muffins spring back when lightly pressed, about 25mins 

Remove from oven and leave to cool for 10-15mins before removing muffins from tray and cooling on a wire rack

Enjoy still warm or compeltely cooled!

just added streusel topping! 

yummy...can you smell the cinnamon?