Monday Motivational Muffins

Hello there!

I hope you had a lovely weekend.... here on the Causeway Coast things were busy, but I guess for most of us that is the way of it. In between various drop-offs & pick-ups, laundry, cooking, dog-walking etc. I managed to get a wee bit of (much-needed) gardening done..

I also made these scrummy banana & chocolate muffins. 

They are a big favourite in our house & a great way to start the week.....so here's the recipe if you fancy the look of them.....

1) Preheat oven to 200' C/ 400'F/ gas mark 6 & line a muffin tin with muffin cases
2) Mix the following dry ingredients in a large bowl:

• 360g plain flour
• 240g golden caster sugar
• 2tsp baking powder
• 1tsp baking soda
• pinch of salt

3) Mix the following wet ingredients in another bowl:

• 3 large eggs lightly beaten
• 115mls vegetable oil
• 3 large bananas mashed

4) Pour the wet mixture into the dry & fold together using as little folding as possible (don't worry if it seems lumpy, it will be grand!)

5) Fold in 100g dark chocolate & 100g white chocolate chips (or all dark or all white if you prefer - avoid milk chocolate as it is too sickly with the banana)

6) Spoon the mixture into the muffin cases, filling about 3/4 full (so they won't splurge over the sides when cooking)

7) Bake for 20-25mins until golden. Remove from the tin & cool on a wire rack for as long as you can resist (approx 10 seconds in our house)

8) Serve warm with a knob of butter & a lovely cup of tea!

Now it may be just a sugar rush, but after eating one (or two) of these I'm ready to tackle some exceptionally late sewing projects which I need to do.... So for the rest of this week I'm going to try to complete one each day  & was wondering if you you have any stitchy stuff which you need to do? If so, would like to join me?  This is my list:

• Make a fathers day gift for my dad...something for his camera
• Make a fathers day gift for my husband....something for his surgery
• Post off some bee blocks
• Finish a secret gift for someone in our Care Circle bee
• Make a start at the Handstitched Class project

My plan is that each day I will post the finished project so you can keep tabs on me! If you feel up to the challenge let me know & I'll check up on you too! If you still need some motivation here's something someone much wiser than me once said:

So go for it!

I'll see you tomorrow with a progress report (hopefully)... in the meantime I'm off to eat another muffin!

Hope you have a great day & accomplish much

Karen