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 8 C. flour
 1 T. + 2 t. baking powder
 1 1/2 t. salt
 1 lb. butter
 2 C. brown sugar
 8 C. bananas, mashed (about 16) *
 8 eggs
 1 1/3 C. milk
 1T. + 1t. vanilla
 3 C. walnuts, toasted
 3 C. chocolate chips

 Combine dry ingredients except sugar in a LARGE bowl or tub and set aside.
Cream butter and sugar, beat in eggs, stir in milk, vanilla and mashed bananas.
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients using a large spoon and big strokes to
just combine the mixtures.  Do not over mix.
Carefully spoon into well greased muffin tins.  Bake at 400 deg. until
done (15 min. approx.)  Makes 60+ muffins.

* If you find a real 'deal' on lots of bananas, let them get very ripe (the riper the
better the flavor) and then just plunk them in the freezer, as is with the peel still on, and
they freeze beautifully.  Thaw when you want to use them.  They are black at this
stage and don't look pretty and when thawed are limp and soft, but work
perfectly in baking and are very easy to mash.
 

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