Apple Banana Muffins

Ingredients

2 apples, peeled, cored and finely diced
1 cup ripe mashed bananas
1 ¼ cups white sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 eggs at room temperature
⅔ cup unsalted butter at room temperature (10 tablespoons or 1 ¼ sticks)
¼ cup buttermilk
1 tsp salt
½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp baking soda

Instructions

• Pre-heat oven to 375°F and line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Mix together 1¼ cup flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp salt, ½ tsp nutmeg and ½ tsp cinnamon.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the 1¼ sticks of butter and 1¼ cups of sugar together on medium speed until it has a light and fluffy texture.
• Without reducing the speed, add 2 eggs one at a time, add 1 tsp vanilla extract and ¼ cup of buttermilk.
• Finally, beat in the flour mixture.
• Use a spoon to fold in the apples and banana.
• Fill the lined muffin cups about half-way.
• Bake until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 20 to 25 minutes.

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