Banana Choc Chip Muffins

Who KNEW my husband loved muffins so much!? I mean, we've been together for 7 years and although I've baked quite a few times for him, this is the first thing I've ever made from scratch. Let me just tell you -- he ate FIVE muffins in one sitting! LOL! I guess that means they were awesome :P

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ingredients
1/2 cup softened butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
2 bananas mashed (I even used my potato masher for this :P)
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. nutmeg (we were out so I added vanilla extract instead)
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda (this was a little tricky... I only had baking powder - so I used a 2-1 ration and used 2 tsp. of baking powder)
1 cup chocolate chips

Directions
Preheat oven to 375°
Mix butter and sugar together in a small bowl
Dissolve baking powder in water - then add to a separate bowl with mashed bananas and egg
Add butter and sugar mixture to combine all wet ingredients
In a large mixing bowl, now combine dry ingredients -- flour, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon and chocolate chips (since I used vanilla in lieu of nutmeg, I added the vanilla in with the wet ingredients)
Add wet ingredients into flour mixture and stir til combined

Rub butter in bottom of muffin tins
Fill each tin about 1/2 to 3/4 full of batter
Bake for about 20 minutes

Note - You may want to make a double batch if you have a husband like mine! He put them on the very top of the cabinet so I can't reach them :(

Peanut Butter Oreo Brownies

Say what!? I know... Sounds like a weird combination! When I saw it on Facebook, I was not immediately impressed. But after thinking about it, I'm convinced they will be yummy! So much so -- I've decided to make some this weekend :)

Peanut Butter Oreo Brownies

Ingredients
24 Oreos
Peanut Butter (of course, it must be Jif)
Family-size Brownie mix (along w/eggs, oil & water per directions)

Directions
Preheat oven to 350°
Take 2 Oreos and stack them with peanut butter (a layer in the middle and a layer on top)
Place the stack in a cupcake liner
Place liners in a muffin pan
Make brownie mix according to box instructions
Pour brownie mix over cookie stacks
Bake for approx. 20 min
Pull out of oven and allow to cool

Serve w/a COLD glass of MILK! :)