Banana Chocolate Chip Pecan Muffins

• 1 cup white whole wheat flour unbleached, I usually use this flour because its milder and sweeter tasting, but any whole wheat flour will do just fine
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 sticks unsalted butter softened
• 1/2 cup sugar +1 tbsp of sugar for garnish
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 2 bananas medium
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips mini

1. Pre-heat oven to 400u0b0F, spray generously muffin tin with cooking spray
2. Sift flour and baking powder into a bowl (We will call this, "Dry Ingredients")
3. Puree banana into a food processor, then pour into small bowl (if you do not have a food processor, mash banana until soft, then whisk until liquified).
4. Add milk and vanilla extract, then whisk together until incorporated (We will call this, "liquid ingredients")
5. Place softened butter into mixer or whisk with sugar and salt until butter is light and fluffed. For my more experience bakers use the "creaming for cake method".
6. Add eggs, one at a time allow the first egg to whip until well incorporated then add the next.
7. Add 1/2 cup of the dry ingredients, allow to pulse/mix together.
8. Add 1/3 of the the liquid ingredients, allow to pulse/mix together.
9. Repeat steps 5 & 6 until both dry and liquid ingredients are depleted
10. Fold in pecans and chocolate chips
11. Use 1/2 cup ice cream scoop to place batter into muffin tin
12. Use tbsp of sugar to sprinkle on top of muffin batter
13. Place into oven and bake for 20 minutes
14. Remove from oven, let cool for 2 minutes, serve and enjoy

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Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Banana-Chocolate-Chip-Pecan-Muffins-1647785 (may not work)