Here is a twist on banana bread: Banana Chocolate Espresso Swirl muffins. With very ripe bananas on hand, Mr. Twist opened one of my favorite cookbooks to bake fresh-baked breakfast bread! Served with fruit and a hot cup of coffee, these muffins are something special.
Cue Bake from Scratch—Artisan Recipes for the Home Baker by Brian Hart Hoffman. It is three hundred twenty-six pages of baking everything from cookies to pastries and everything in between. It will make the perfect gift for the novice to the pro baker. It’s from the writers of the magazine.
The recipe requires a little more effort than making banana bread, but it makes about a dozen delicious muffins, perfect for breakfast. The next time you host a coffee with friends, the muffins would be an excellent addition to the table. Plus, the rich chocolate flavor of the espresso could easily make these a dessert if you bake them in a loaf pan.
Photo credit: Bake from Scratch
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Mrs. Twists Tip: Dust the tops with powdered sugar, and record in your cookbook the date you made these and the outcome so you have a history of your recipes. I always love finding my mother’s notes in her cookbooks.
Hospitality is in my DNA. I founded Home with a Twist, a daughter’s twist on her mother’s traditions, in memory of my mother to celebrate her life and the gifts she shared with me. Mother loved to celebrate life’s occasions – big and small.
