Banana Pumpkin Muffins

ingredients

•  3 mashed browned bananas
• 2/3 cup pureed pumpkin
• 2 eggs – room temp
• 1/3 cup melted butter – unsalted
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 cup cake flour
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

optional

• 1/2 cup crushed walnuts
• 3/4 cup chocolate chips

Streusel topping:

• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/4 cup melted butter

method

1. Preheat your oven to 425f and prep your muffin pans with liners
2. In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, add your bananas, pumpkin, eggs, sugar, cooled butter, and vanilla  – mix thoroughly.
3. In a medium sized bowl, add you salt, baking soda and powder, pumpkin spice, and flours together.
4. Slowly add in the dry ingredients into your large bowl, where the wet ingredients are. Mix until fully combined 
5. Fold in your walnuts and chocolate chips – be careful not to overmix your batter.
6. Using an ice cream scooper, fill your muffin tins up. 

Make the streusel topping:

1. In a medium bowl, add all your ingredients together.
2. Mix until combined, you want clumps. 
3. Top your uncooked muffins with the streusel. 
4. Bake at 425f for 5 minutes – this creates the dome on your muffin
5. After 5 minutes TURN YOUR OVEN TEMP DOWN TO 350f and bake for 12-15  minutes. 
6. Allow muffins to cool for 10-15 minutes on a cooling rack before serving.