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Nutella Stuffed Whole Wheat Peanut Butter Banana and Zucchini Muffins

Whole wheat muffins made with mashed banana, shredded zucchini, peanut butter and a Nutella swirl—made as 12 regular muffins or 24 mini muffins.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 24 muffins (regular; see notes for mini)
Course: Breakfast

Ingredients
  

Ingredients
  • 2 ripe bananasmashed
  • 1 cupshredded zucchini
  • 1/2 cupcreamy peanut butter
  • 1/4 cupcanola oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoonvanilla
  • 1/2 cupbrown sugar
  • 1 3/4 cupwhole wheat pastry flour
  • 1 teaspoonbaking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoonsalt
  • 1/4 cupchocolate chips
  • 12 tablespoonsheaping Nutella

Equipment

  • Oven
  • 12-cup muffin pan
  • muffin liners or nonstick spray
  • mini muffin pan (optional)
  • Mixing Bowls
  • Whisk
  • Spoon or spatula
  • knife or toothpick
  • Cooling rack
  • Stand mixer (optional)

Method
 

Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick spray or line with muffin cups. (To make mini muffins, use a mini muffin pan and liners.) Set the pan aside.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together 1 3/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Set the dry mixture aside.
  3. In a large bowl, mash the 2 ripe bananas until mostly smooth. Add 1 cup shredded zucchini, 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter, 1/4 cup canola oil, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1/2 cup brown sugar. Whisk (or beat with a stand mixer) until the wet ingredients are combined.
  4. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and stir gently until just combined. Do not overmix.
  5. Fold 1/4 cup chocolate chips into the batter.
  6. Portion the batter into the prepared muffin cups: for regular muffins, fill each cup about halfway; for mini muffins, fill each cup about one-third full.
  7. Using the 12 tablespoons heaping Nutella provided, add Nutella to each muffin as follows: - For regular (12) muffins: drop 1/2 tablespoon Nutella into the center of each partially filled cup, then spoon additional batter over the Nutella to fill each cup about 3/4 full. Add the remaining 1/2 tablespoon Nutella on top of each filled cup and gently swirl with a knife or toothpick. - For mini (24) muffins: drop about 3/4 teaspoon Nutella into each partially filled mini cup, then spoon additional batter over the Nutella to fill each cup about 3/4 full. Add about 3/4 teaspoon Nutella on top of each filled mini cup and gently swirl with a knife or toothpick.
  8. Bake regular muffins 20–25 minutes (mini muffins 10–12 minutes), until the tops are lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the muffin (avoiding the Nutella center) comes out with a few moist crumbs but not raw batter.
  9. Let the muffins cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Loosen the edges with a knife if needed, then transfer the muffins to a cooling rack to cool further.

Notes

Notes
For high altitude add one teaspoon baking powder.