papaya muffins

Yes, we had no bananas... but we did have a papaya.

I know, weird. But... truth is often stranger than fiction.
So, what do papaya muffins taste like?
Well, they don't exactly taste like papaya. But they are sweet and moist and with an addition of chocolate chip how could they go wrong.
No, really, they were pretty good.

Papaya Muffins
Makes 12 muffins, adapted from Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything Cookbook

Ingredients

• 2 cups all purpose flour1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup fresh papaya, mashed
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 375 F. Grease 12 muffin tins with oil or butter.
2. Mix all dry ingredients in a large bowl. Mix all wet ingredients
   
   
   in a medium bowl. Form a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour the wet ingredients into it. Mix everything together until just combined. Mix in chocolate chips.
3. Distribute evenly into muffin tins. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out cleanly.