Name: Chocolate Beet Muffins
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: All-purpose flour - 1 ½ cups; Baking powder - 1 ½ teaspoons; Salt - ½ teaspoon; White sugar - ⅔ cup; Butter, softened - 6 tablespoons; Lemon zest - ¾ teaspoon; Eggs, at room temperature - 2; Ripe banana, mashed - 1; Finely chopped cooked beets - 1 cup; Chocolate chips - 1 cup

Ingredients for - Chocolate Beet Muffins

1. All-purpose flour 1 ½ cups

2. Baking powder 1 ½ teaspoons

3. Salt ½ teaspoon

4. White sugar ⅔ cup

5. Butter, softened 6 tablespoons

6. Lemon zest ¾ teaspoon

7. Eggs, at room temperature 2

8. Ripe banana, mashed 1

9. Finely chopped cooked beets 1 cup

10. Chocolate chips 1 cup

How to cook deliciously - Chocolate Beet Muffins

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.

2 . Stage

Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.

3 . Stage

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.

4 . Stage

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.