(Pastry Fairy’s) Banana-Chocolate Chip Muffins

This is the quintessential comfort food of my childhood. The recipe is my mother’s. They keep very well in a cookie jar or sealed container. This is one of the very few recipes where I think margarine actually tastes better than butter. I don’t know why.

For twelve muffins

• 1/2 cup butter or Earth Balance margarine, melted
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 ripe bananas, mashed
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• Dash salt
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat together butter, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, and bananas. In separate bowl, mix dry ingredients. Add to wet ingredients, along with chocolate chips. Combine just until the batter comes together; a little leftover flour is okay. Spoon into a greased muffin tin and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.