Baking Banana Muffins

It's Wednesday!

And Wedneday is the perfect day to write a rambling blog post about baking.

Baking and blogging is sort of therapeutic for me.

Some people like to watch TV in the evening.

Whereas, me- I like to bake!

So this evening, I got the itch to bake something.

I decided to make use of the spotty bananas on the counter and make

Banana Crumb Muffins!

It took me a little longer than it should have

Probably because its late in the day which means I'm a bit sluggish and I was also trying to help get dinner ready.

So after having the oven preheated and running for a long time

And filling the muffin cups with batter

Imagine my horror to discover that I had to take a step BACKWARDS in the recipe.

If you've any experience with baking

Especially with muffins and cupcakes

You've probably experienced this horrible mishap:

*THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU HAVE TO EMPTY OUT THE MUFFIN LINERS AND REFILL THEM*

Maybe you forgot to grease the muffin liners

Or maybe (like me) you forgot to add the egg to the batter!

Anyhow, the egg was added and the muffin cups, refilled.

What a wet, goopy, sloppy mess it was!

Having some perfectionistic tendencies, it really bothered me to see my muffins such a mess.

And no, I didn't even bother to take a picture.

Anyhow, after filling the muffin liners with batter, it was time to make the crumb topping.

I decided to experiment by substituting margarine for "cold butter" in the tipping.

Bad idea.

I kept adding flour, but the "crumb topping" was still more of a soft lumpy mix. 

So I ended up dropping a few lumps on each muffin.

And popped them in the oven.

18 minutes later:

Yay! 

Banana muffins.

No, they don't look spectacular.

But they still taste good, and I think that's probably the more important than how they look. =)

This has been adventures in baking with Isabel!

Buenas Noches!

Hope you're having a Wonderful Wednesday!

~~
ISA

Psalm 18:29-30

(ESV)

^"29 For by you I can run against a troop,
    and by my God I can leap over a wall.
³⁰ This God—his way is perfect;^[a]
    the word of the Lord proves true;
    he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him."