Chocolate Beet Muffins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup white sugar
• 6 tablespoons butter, softened
• 3/4 teaspoon lemon zest
• 2 eggs, at room temperature
• 1 ripe banana, mashed
• 1 cup finely chopped cooked beets
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 45 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
• mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
• beat sugar, butter, and lemon zest together in a large bowl until smooth. add eggs and banana to the sugar mixture; beat until smooth. stir about 1/3 of the flour mixture into the sugar mixture to integrate fully into a batter; repeat with remaining flour mixture in two even additions. fold beets and chocolate chips into the batter; spoon into the lined muffin cups.
• bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.