If you are looking for a nice, sweet snack to take to the office or to a potluck, this is the quick recipe for you! It is a 4 ingredient muffin, or brownie. Call it what you like. It fits both categories. You start with an 18 ounce brownie mix. Make sure you use a big mix … the kind that fills a 13 x 9 inch pan. You are baking, however, in a cupcake tin.
Crush the bananas and mix the oil and eggs with
them. Gently fold in the brownie
mix. I like to add about a half cup of
chunks of walnuts.
Fill muffin cups half to 2/3 full and bake at 350
degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. Test them
with a pick, but you want the center to be a little sticky. Don’t overbake them and remember that the
time required depends on how full the cups are.
Let the brownies cool.
You can leave the brownies in the paper cups and add the icing and
chopped nuts to the top. When I want to
serve them in a prettier way, I remove them and place them upside down on a
platter. Then I drizzle the icing over
them and sprinkle on chopped nuts. The
icing is simply powdered sugar, a dash of vanilla extract and a little milk or
cream. Thick is better!
There are lots of ways to make this recipe your
own. If you want the banana flavor to be
prominent, add banana extract to the
icing. Coffee extract changes it even
more and you can top it with chocolate coated coffee bean. Pecans instead of walnuts … are perfect. Butter pecan flavoring in the icing tops that
off. The inclusion of bananas makes the
brownies more moist than ever.
These are delicious and fit the bill for this time of
year when we need great taste, a great look, but have just a little time. Enjoy!
