recipe
Banana Zucchini Muffins with Cinnamon Sugar Crunch
by Brava Chef Annie
About this Recipe
These muffins have the mellow vibe of zucchini bread mixed with the cozy richness of banana bread—perfect for everything from spring brunch to back-to-school mornings. And that coarse sugar topping? Just the right amount of crunch and cinnamon-y goodness - chef’s kiss. As a note, this recipe yields twelve muffins and bakes six muffins at a time.
Ingredients
- Wet mixture:
- 1.0 count None
- 1.5 teaspoons None
- 2.0 cups grated zucchini, tightly packed
- 0.5 cups melted butter, cooled
- 0.5 cups brown sugar, tightly packed
- 2.0 count None
- Dry mixture:
- 2.0 cups None
- 1.0 teaspoons None
- 0.5 teaspoons None
- 0.5 teaspoons None
- 0.5 teaspoons None
- Topping:
- 2.0 tablespoons coarse sugar, such as turbinado sugar or demerara sugar
- Few generous sprinkles cinnamon
- Room temperature butter for serving (optional)
- From your pantry:
- None
Equipment
large mixing bowls
fork
whisk
Muffin liners (optional)
rubber spatula
Brava muffin tin
wire cooling rack
Nutrition Information
Allergens: None
Instructions
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1
Prep batter
- In large bowl, mash banana using fork. Add vanilla, stir to combine, and let sit while you gather rest of ingredients to let the banana soak up the vanilla flavor.
- To bowl with banana mixture, add zucchini, butter, brown sugar, and eggs. Mix with fork until combined.
- In separate bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and kosher salt.
- Gradually whisk dry ingredients into wet ingredients until fully combined.
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2
Prep topping
- In small bowl, mix turbinado or demarara sugar with few pinches cinnamon. Set aside.
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3
Preheat Brava and prep muffins
- Select “Banana Zucchini Muffins with Cinnamon Sugar Crunch” on the Brava touchscreen and follow on-screen instructions. Press green button to begin Rapid Preheat step to 350 F, being sure to keep Brava chamber empty during this step.
- While Brava preheats, spray Brava Muffin Tin with cooking spray or line each muffin well with a cupcake or muffin liner.
- Using rubber spatula, divide batter among cups, filling each three-fourths full.
- Top each muffin with a few sprinkles of sugar and cinnamon topping.
- Set aside remaining batter, you’ll repeat these steps after you bake the first batch of six muffins.
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4
Bake muffins
- When Brava is preheated, slide muffin tin into top shelf. Press green button to begin baking.
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5
Finish & serve
- When your food is done, transfer muffin tin to wire rack and let cool for 5 minutes before serving. Enjoy with butter, if desired.
- Repeat above steps with remaining batter.