Banana-Cinnamon Chip Mini Muffins

When I give this recipe 5 stars, I really mean it. I am always looking for banana recipes to use up the couple that get overripe each week. This recipe is outstanding. Anderson lets us in on the secret, which is the high heat used and the small size of the muffins. The 425-degree F oven heat bakes the mini muffins quickly without drying them out, and it caramelizes the sugar in a most delightful way.

My boys usually ask for some sweetened cream cheese on their banana muffins, but not on these. They ate muffin after muffin when I made this recipe. This will be my every-week muffin recipe from now on.

I modified the recipe (as Anderson encourages you to do) by omitting the cinnamon chips and adding 3/4 of a cup of chopped walnuts. I imagine that the cinnamon version would also be excellent.