Banana Chocolate Chip Coconut Muffins

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour

  bleached flour toughens baked goods
• 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. sea salt
• 1/2 cup walnuts

  chopped (measure after chopping)
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter

  melted
• 4 large very ripe bananas

  mashed
• 1 tsp. almond extract
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 12 oz. pkg. chocolate chips

  divided use

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 425°.
• 2 Grease 11 muffin tins; set aside.
• 3 Mash bananas on a plate with a fork; set aside.
• 4 In large bowl combine melted butter, mashed bananas, eggs, sugar, vanilla,
  almond extract, baking powder, baking soda and sea salt with an electric mixer
  until smooth.
• 5 Add flour, coconut, walnuts and 1 cup chocolate chips.
• 6 Stir only until just moistened.
• 7 Spoon into prepared muffin tins almost to the top.
• 8 Sprinkle about 20 additional chocolate chips on top of each muffin.
• 9 Bake at 425° for 5 minutes.
• 10 Reduce heat to 350° and continue baking an additional 20-22 minutes, or until
  wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 11 Cool on wire rack.

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