Caramel - Banana Muffins With Cream Cheese

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup mashed banana
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 salt
• 2 tablespoons caramel topping
• 1 medium banana, very thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• caramel topping, for later

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375. grease muffin tins (12 holer).
• 2 mix small bowl ingredients; set aside.
• 3 mix cream cheese, butter & sugar until well-blended; add egg, beat, then banana & vanilla until well combined; set aside.
• 4 combine dry ingredients; add to cream-cheese mixture until just combined.
• 5 stir in 1/4-cup of filling ingredients; spoon half of batter into muffin tin cups (1 rounded tablespoon); drizzle 1/2 tsp caramel topping (from other stuff list) into each muffin cup; top with more batter.
• 6 finish with 2 slices of banana, a drizzle of melted butter and a sprinkle of the remaining pecan mixture.
• 7 bake for 18-20 minutes; cool for 5 minutes (well, try to wait that long!); remove from pan.
• 8 serve warm, drizzled with more caramel topping.