Banana Cherry Chocolate Chip Muffins With Brown Sugar Streusel

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 375°F/190°C, place a rack in the middle of the oven. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
2. 2
   For the muffins:
3. 3
   In a large bowl, mix egg, oil, white sugar, and vanilla extract. Peel then break bananas into 2-inch pieces, add them to the mix and give them a good mash until they're fully incorporated. Next, dump the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt right into that same bowl. Carefully stir the dry ingredients around a bit before quickly folding them into the wet ingredients with a spatula. Don't overmix.
4. 4
   Fold in chocolate chips and cherries (I left the cherries whole but you can certainly chop them up).
5. 5
   Use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to evenly distribute the batter between the muffin cups.
6. 6
   For the streusel mix:
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   Blend together brown sugar and flour in a bowl. Use your fingers to blend in the butter. When the mixture has a coarse, crumbly texture, heap a teaspoon or so in the middle of each muffin.
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   Bake for 21-23 minutes. These are almost impossible to test for doneness with a wooden skewer, because they're so jam-packed with chocolate chips. Just take them out of the oven when the tops look adequately brown and crunchy and heavenly.
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   Let the muffins cool in the pan for about five minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.