Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 1/4 cups white sugar
• 1 egg
• 3 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. In a large mixing bowl, blend together oil, applesauce, sugar, egg, banana, and vanilla until well-mixed. Add flour, salt, baking powder, and soda, and mix just until flour disappears. Add chocolate chips and mix in with wooden spoon. Spoon mixture into 18 standard-sized paper-lined muffin cups.
3. Bake for 25 minutes. Cool on wire racks.