Chunky Monkey Cupcakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
3 ripe bananas, mashed
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons brown sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Beat together butter and both sugars until light and fluffy.
Beat in bananas, then eggs, one at a time and beat well after each addition.
Add vanilla.
Sift together flour, baking powder, soda and salt and add alternately with buttermilk to mixture.
Beat just until blended.
Stir in chocolate chips.
Divide batter evenly among 24 paper lined muffin cups.
In a small bowl, combine walnuts, cinnamon and 2 T brown sugar and sprinkle over tops of cupcakes.
Bake for 20 to 22 minutes or until tester comes out clean.
Let cool in pan for 5 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.