Getting back to reality after a lovely long weekend. It was a crispy, rainy, weekend and I could not have asked for more perfect weather. I spent a lot of time baking in the kitchen, listening to music, and my new obsession – podcasts. Heavenly. My husband celebrated his 36th birthday and we had a little party for him at TopGolf. It is like a cross between a driving range and a bowling alley. With buckets of beers and chicken wings. It was so much fun. I cannot wait to go back.
I am heading to Disneyland this week with Dole Bananas and I could not be more excited. It sort of feels wrong to go to Disneyland without my children, but I will get over it I am sure. I am looking forward to seeing some blogger friends that I have not seen in awhile and spend some time in my beloved California. I am sure that I will learn all sort of interesting things about bananas while I am there, and will be sure to share them when I get back. In the meantime, I made a banana muffin with a cream cheese filling to get myself in the mood. These were delicious and the cream cheese filling sends these over the edge.
6 Tablespoons butter, room temperature
4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 Dole bananas, mashed
1/4 cup walnuts
Cream Cheese Filling:
4 ounces cream cheese
1 Tablespoon flour
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream together butter, cream cheese, and sugar.
Add egg and vanilla. Beat with electric mixer until well combined.
Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
Add mashed bananas. Mix until just combined.
In a small bowl, mix cream cheese, egg, flour, sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
Divide batter evenly into 12 muffin cups.
Add cream filling to a piping bag.
Pipe cream cheese mixture into muffin batter. Top with walnuts.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes.
Ingredients
- 6 Tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 Dole bananas, mashed
- 1/4 cup walnuts
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 1 Tablespoon flour
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Cream together butter, cream cheese, and sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Beat with electric mixer until well combined. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Add mashed bananas. Mix until just combined.
- In a small bowl, mix cream cheese, egg, flour, sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
- Divide batter evenly into 12 muffin cups. Add cream filling to a piping bag. Pipe cream cheese mixture into muffin batter. Top with walnuts.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes.
I am Bree. I love to cook. Even more than I love to take pictures.
These are lovely! The cream cheese center sounds especially appealing
Isn’t everything better with some cream cheese in the middle?
These look so yummy! My son and I just made the snicker doodle cookies! He loves them…. Thank you for sharing all this great stuff!
You are welcome! I love that you are baking in the kitchen with your son!
I love these! I’m a cream cheese junkie in muffins.
OK to steal a photo for my “friday link” roundup?
If not just email me and I’ll just include a link.
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these looks absolutely DELICIOUS!!!
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Thank you Diane! They were really great semi-warm.
Wow, these look so good! I’m loving the double dose of cream cheese…
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beautiful and delicious!
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I just tried to make these. Are you sure the recipe should read 1/4 Cup each baking soda and baking powder? They tasted like pure salt. The batter rose like it had yeast in it, very fluffy and full of bubbles. Once baked they collapsed.
It is typo and it has been fixed.
These sound sooo heavenly! Enjoy California…but just a warning, you may not find crisp rainy days around here!
(P.S. If you’re looking for more podcasts, my boyfriend loves Stuff You Should Know.. very interesting, and they have episodes on any topic you could think of!)
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Thanks for the suggestion! I am always looking for new podcasts to listen to.
Is there really 1/4 cup each of baking powder and baking soda? Seems like a lot for 12 muffins. Just thought I better double check. Making these right now. :0)
No, it is a typo that has been fixed.
Does this really call for a quarter cup each of baking soda and baking powder? I just made these and if you could see what they looked like! My baking powder might be a little on the old side, but I thought that just might make them flat! Hmm.
No, the typo has been fixed.
These muffins look so enticing! Yummmmmm.
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These look really delicious! I love banana, and adding in the cream cheese and walnuts… oh YUM!
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These are a nice to little breakfast treat for sure.
I hope you are enjoying being in my neck of the woods. I can’t wait to try this recipe it looks amazing. I love that you combine two of my hubby’s favorite things.
Thanks for sharing.
I did! I love CA and miss it very much. I hope that you love these muffins!
Bree they’re gorgeous! So light and fluffy and I looooove bananas. And cream cheese! you cannot go wrong with these flavors in my book!
Thank you Averie! I have a new appreciation for the banana after my trip with Dole!
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I am in love with these i made these and everyone loved them! Thanks!
So glad!
oh my these look delicious! cant wait to try making these with my son
one question for the filling the picture shows an egg but when it says to combine it doesnt mention egg which one is it? by tge way im a visual person and love that you have photos for every step thank you
Sorry, I fixed the recipe.
Mmmm, I’ve been looking for the perfect banana muffin, and this just might be it! And yes, everything is better with cream cheese in the middle
~April
You will love these April.
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I just made these for my co workers since we have a meeting tomorrow and I signed up to bring something for breakfast (even though I calorie count and cannot enjoy
) but I did test the batter and I gave one to my mother to test and she said she likes these and they are good…that means she will ask to me to make these at some point ha ha. Easy recipe and not a lot of ingredients plus amazing taste. Thanks Bree…I always brag about your blog. 
Thank you Kristen! Glad that everyone liked them.
Sigh I couldn’t resist and I ended up having two. Because of these awesome muffins I had to work extra hard at the gym. Not cool Bree ha ha ha. All my co workers loved them. Definitely a keeper for future meetings as I have many.
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