Strawberry-Banana Mini-Muffins

I don't cook.  I bake.  I do not claim to be related to Betty Crocker or Martha White.  Most of what I bake started off as a box mix that was revamped.  Or a combination of already prepared things.  Once in a while though I come across a from-scratch recipe that is a winner.  One that I can do every time with a very high ratio of smiles.  This is my go-to.  The kids love them (so does the dog if you aren't careful).  One of the first times I made them, Andrew ate half the batch by himself. 

This was almost 2 years ago.  He was 15 months and sneaky muffins from the counter already.

I have another misplaced picture of him sitting under the piano with the muffin box eating with this huge grin on his face.  They are good.  And from scratch.  Why wouldn't I fix them any time I have a banana that is past its prime?  I keep pre-chopped, frozen little bags of strawberries for just such a baking occasion. (I freeze about a cup's worth of chopped strawberries.  When they defrost you get this yummy juice and very mushy strawberries that work very well in these muffins.)

I thought I would share my recipe with you.  You are welcome.

Ingredients:
1/4 Cup canola oil
1/2 Cup milk
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 Cup white sugar
1/4 Cup brown sugar
1-3/4 Cup all-purpose flour (I have used bread flour before)
1 Cup chopped strawberries
1 or 2 riped bananas (at least 1/2-1 Cup mashed)
Cinnamon/Sugar mix

Directions:
1.  Preheat oven to 375 and spray a mini-muffin pan or use liners.
2.  In a small bowl (I used my 2-cup measuring cup), combine oil, milk, egg & vanilla.  Beat lightly.  In a large bowl, mix flour, salt, baking powder, sugar & brown sugar.  Toss in strawberries to coat with flour.  Pour in liquid mixture.  Mash bananas in the first bowl and add to muffin mix.  Stir together.
3.  Fill muffin cups.  Sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar mixture.  Bake at 375 for 12 minutes.  Cool for a couple of minutes or as long as your kids will let them & remove from pan.

I always forget to add the cinnamon/sugar on the second batch.  Oh, this makes 1.5 batches-ish.  All depends on how full you fill the cups.  The original recipe I modified said it made 8 muffins.  Who has an 8-cup muffin pan?? Oh, and my kids have already gotten into this batch.