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Here is a recipe for excellent banana nut muffins—enjoy!

• 2 eggs
• 2 ripe bananas (mashed)
• 1 cup of buttermilk
• 1 stick of butter (softened)
• 2 cups of flour
• ½ cup of chopped pecans
• 1 cup of granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• ½ teaspoon of baking soda
  

1. Preheat the oven to 400 F, and grease your standard 12 muffin pan.
2. Beat together butter and sugar, then add eggs and beat thoroughly, then beat in bananas until the mixture is smooth.
3. Mix together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda, and then stir the flour mixture and buttermilk into the egg mixture.
4. Stir in the chopped pecans and vanilla.
5. Spoon batter into the muffin pan, filling each tin about 2/3 full.
6. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.