Durian muffins recipe

I made durian muffins for the third time (second time this weekend.) My brother loves them! :) We saw durian on sale for 50 cents a pound at the newly opened HMart in Doraville!

Below is my recipe, which is based upon a banana muffin recipe I found on allrecipes.com.



Ingredients:
(Dry)

• 1 1/2 cups Korean wheat flour (see picture.) All-purpose flour works fine.
  
  
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
  
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  

(Wet)

• 2+ cups of durian, mashed (about 6 durian pieces) You can also choose to use less (like as little as 2/3 cup) and just mix in less with the batter
  
• 3/4 cup white sugar (more or less depending on how sweet you want it.)
  
• 1 egg
  
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
  

Directions: (Makes 12 muffins)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
   
2. Coat muffin pans with non-stick spray, or use paper liners.
   
3. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
   
4. Set aside part of the durian to use as filling, about 1/2 or 1/3 cup, depending how much you want to put in.
   
5. Combine remaining durian, sugar, egg, and melted butter in a large bowl.
   
6. Fold in flour mixture, and mix just enough until ingredients look mixed. Don't overmix!
   
7. Scoop into muffin liners. Fill them about 1/2 or 2/3 full, add a teaspoon[+] of durian filling to the middle, and then add more of the batter, until it is about 4/5 full.
   
8. Bake in preheated oven. Bake muffins for about 19 minutes (or until toothpick comes out clean.)

Pictures of batch #1 (I think I left them in a couple minutes too long.) and batch #2 below (I guess I could have used a spoon to smooth over the tops of the muffins so they wouldn't look as bumpy.)


I also made banana muffins with durian filling, which turned out well. My brother liked the durian/durian filling muffins the best, but my parents preferred the banana with durian filling.