Banana Bran Muffins

These are perfect for a Sunday morning, especially when you have bananas that are ripening.

2 tbsp All-Vegetable Shortening

1/4 cup Sugar

1 Large Egg

1 cup Quaker Natural Wheat Bran

1/3 cup Milk

2 cups Bananas, sliced

1 cup All-purpose Flour

1 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

1/2 tsp Salt

1. Cream the shortening in a large bowl.
2. Add sugar and mix.
3. Once combined, beat in large egg.
4. Add in Wheat bran and milk and let sit for a few minutes.
5. Once moist, slice bananas thinly and add to bran mixture and mix well.
6. Add the remaining ingredients and put into 12 greased muffin tins.
7. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes at 365 C, or until a toothpick is removed from the middle of the muffin without anything sticking to it.

Nutritional Facts when baking 12 muffins

Chocolate Cupcakes with Buttercream Icing

Chocolate cupcakes with buttercream icing for my work potluck. Yummy!

2 ¼ cups All Purpose Flour
4 tsp Baking powder
½ tsp salt
¾ cup butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 squares of unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
1 cup milk

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine flour, baking powder and salt together in a small bowl.
3. Cream butter and gradually add sugar.
4. Mix in one egg at a time to the butter and sugar, then add vanilla extract.
5. Stir in melted chocolate and blend well.
6. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
7. Pour into greased and floured cake/cupcake pans, or lines cupcake pans.
8. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes for cake pans, 15 to 20 minutes for regular cupcake pans, and 8 to 12 minutes for miniature cupcake pans.
9. Test with toothpick in the middle of the cake to make sure it doesn't stick to the toothpick.
10. Cool completely before icing.