Pretend it's still Monday...

OK, I know for many people that's a scary thought: Monday is long enough! I mean in respect to me not getting "Make-It Monday" posted yesterday. For the same reason the goodies I was going to MAKE yesterday didn't get made until today: D has relatives around from out of town, so we've been gone visiting a lot. A LOT. But- the goodies have now been made, partially DEVOURED & soon to be packed up to share with said relatives.

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Anyway~ the recipe this week if for Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. My sister shared this recipe with our mom. I also thought bananas and chocolate a strange combination and told myself I didn't like it. HA! The muffins are sooooo good. They are also EASY! C, at almost 4, LOVES to help mash the bananas and pour in ingredients, and today we realized even 18m. E can put cupcake liners in the pans! (OK, yes, she crumpled them more than anything, but cheap entertainment & she considered herself to be "helping".) I don't even use a mixer to make these, so clean up is simple, too.

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1 1/2 cups flour

2/3 c. sugar

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder & some soda (we don't know WHY it calls for soda, too, but put it in anyway...?)

1/4 tsp. salt

1 c. mashed bananas (I just use 2 or even 3 if I have them handy!)

1/2 c. melted butter

1/4 c. milk

3/4 c. chocolate chips

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Basically- mix everything in a bowl! I add everything but the chocolate chips, stir thoroughly with a rubber scraper, add the chips (before my "helpers" eat them all), and they're ready to go! The recipe says 32 minutes at 350 degrees, but that would be for 12-18 full-size muffins. My girls LOVE mini-muffins, so we are to make 48 muffins and bake them for 16-17 minutes. Let them cool as long as you can stand, and then EAT! Even little E can eat 3 or more of these at a sitting! (We won't talk about how many her mama can eat at a sitting...)

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So there is your Make-It-Monday-on-Tuesday post. If I send D & C to go fishing with all the rellies this afternoon & E naps well, you MIGHT even get Whatever Wednesday a day early! Check back to see where my mind is wandering off to this week...