Ingredients
3½medium ripe bananas,mashed
¼cupunsweetened apple sauce
1¼cupsunbleached all purpose flour
¼cupunsweetened cocoa powder
¾tspbaking soda
¼tspsalt
2tbspbutter,softened
⅓cupsugar
2largeegg whites
½tspvanilla extract
½cupchocolate chips
2tbspconfectioners sugar,optional
Preparation
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line a muffin tin with 12 liners.
In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer.
Add egg whites, bananas, apple sauce, vanilla, and beat at medium speed until thick. Scrape down sides of the bowl.
In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt with a wire whisk.
Add flour mixture to bananas, then blend at low speed until combined; do not over mix.
Fold in chocolate chips and pour batter into muffin tins.
Bake on the center rack for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
If making the glaze, combine confectioner’s sugar and ¼ to ½ teaspoon water to make a glaze. Drizzle over each muffin.
