Chocolate Beet Muffins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sall-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon sbaking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup white sugar
• tablespoon sbutter, softened
• 3/4 teaspoon lemon zest
• eggs, at room temperature
• ripe banana, mashed
• cup finely chopped cooked beets
• cup chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
2. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
3. Beat sugar, butter, and lemon zest together in a large bowl until smooth. Add eggs and banana to the sugar mixture; beat until smooth. Stir about 1/3 of the flour mixture into the sugar mixture to integrate fully into a batter; repeat with remaining flour mixture in two even additions. Fold beets and chocolate chips into the batter; spoon into the lined muffin cups.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.