1 Banana Crumb Muffins

So do you ever get down to one banana? It sits on your counter and gets all nice and er...brown. It's all by it's lonesome and it's rare that one banana will go very far in any recipe. And you're not going to eat it looking all nasty like that. Black bananas (no matter how many) do not have to go to waste. I had 1 banana, so I did the math on my normal recipe and made this, yummy lovely thing!

Banana Crumb Muffins

Yield: possibly 5 muffins =)

3/4 cups flour

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. + 1/8 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

1 banana, mashed

1/4 cup white sugar

2 tbsp. brown sugar

1/2 of an egg, beaten

(Idea: use the other half to make a small portion of scrambled eggs to go with your muffins)

2 tbsp. + 2 tsp. vegetable oil

1/2 tsp. vanilla

Milk, if needed...I used about 1 tbsp. because mine was too thick

2 tbsp. + 2 tsp. brown sugar

1 tbsp. flour

1/8 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tbsp. butter, cold

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease 4-5 muffin cups, or line with muffin papers. (I personally like the outside layer to have a slight crunch with the inside being nice and fluffy. So I go with greasing instead of lining.)

2. In a bowl, mix together 3/4 cups flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. In another bowl, combine 1/4 cup white sugar, 2 tbsp. brown sugar, the egg and the veggie oil. Add the mashed banana and vanilla. Stir the flour mixture into the banana mixture, until just moistened. Add milk if needed. Spoon batter into prepared muffins tins. (I like to use my old icecream scoop to do this. These are cheap. I would suggest investing. It is so much easier than an actual spoon and it is the perfect measurement for muffin tins, which means cupcakes too!)

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3. In a small bowl, mix together 2 tbsp. + 2 tsp. brown sugar, 1 tbsp. flour, and the cinnamon. Cut in the 1/2 tbsp. of cold butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. (Note: you NEED to cut COLD butter in. If you melt the butter and mix it in, it ruins it. If you use room temp butter, it ruins it. Cutting in butter means taking cold butter and a pastry cutter, or a couple knifes/forks, and literally just cutting the butter into tiny pieces while mixing it with the other ingredients. Not everyone knows that so I felt it important to tell the blog world.) Sprinkle over muffins.

4. Bake in preheated oven for 18-20 minutes. The muffin will "spring up" when you touch the center if it is done. (Don't ruin your muffins by sticking a toothpick in it. Test it with your fingers. Try it! It will literally be "springy" if it's done.)

Enjoy!