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Banana Nut Muffins with Honey Cinnamon Cream Cheese Filling

Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Cuisine Desserts
Servings 24 muffins

Ingredients
  

  • Cooking spray, or 24 paper cupcake liners
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 3 large eggs
  • ¼ cup sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 2 ½ cups mashed ripe bananas (about 5 medium bananas)
  • 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Lightly spray two 12-cup muffin tins with cooking spray. (You can use paper muffin cups to line the muffin pans instead.)
  • Beat softened butter with a heavy duty mixer until creamy.
  • Add brown sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
  • Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • Add sour cream and vanilla and blend well.
  • In a separate bowl, blend together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  • Gradually add flour mixture to butter, brown sugar and sour cream mixture. Beat until just combined.  Do not over beat.
  • Stir in mashed bananas and nuts.
  • Gently spoon batter into muffin tins, filling ¾ full.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until wooden tooth pick inserted in center of one muffin comes out clean.
  • Cool in the pans for 15 minutes, then remove and cool completely on wire racks.
  • Make a small hole in the top of each muffin, by using the handle of a wooden spoon.
  • Spoon the cream cheese filling. Into a pastry bag with a star tip, or a zip top bag.
  • If using a zipper bag, snip the tip off of one corner.
  • Insert tip of the bag into the center of each muffin and squeeze our a generous amount of filling. (Alternatively, muffins can be frosted on top with the Filling.)