Caramelized Banana Muffins with Peanut Butter Streusel
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword muffins
Total Time 1 hourhour
Servings 12muffins
Author Christine Ma
Ingredients
Caramelized bananas
2tablespoonsbutter(28 grams)
2medium ripe bananas(227 grams)
Peanut butter streusel
2tablespoonsmelted butter(28 grams)
½cupchunky peanut butter(132 grams)
½cupall-purpose flour(65 grams)
¼cupbrown sugar(50 grams)
½teaspooncinnamon
Muffins
1cupall-purpose flour(130 grams)
1cupwhole wheat flour(130 grams)
2teaspoonsbaking powder
½teaspoonsalt
½teaspooncinnamon
6tablespoonssoftened butter(85 grams)
⅔cupbrown sugar(133 grams)
⅓cupbuttermilk(83 ml)
¼cupplain Greek yogurt(57 grams)
1large egg
1teaspoonvanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a muffin pan with muffin liners.
Caramelize bananas. Slice bananas into 1-inch thick slices. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add sliced bananas and cook until browned. Flip and cook until browned and caramelized. Remove from heat and transfer bananas and any remaining melted butter into a heat safe bowl. Mash bananas and let cool.
Make peanut butter streusel. Combine melted butter with peanut butter in a medium bowl, mixing until combined. Add flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon, and stir until well combined. The streusel will almost be like a paste.
Make muffin batter. Combine both flours, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
Combine softened butter and brown sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat for 4-5 minutes or until creamy and fluffy. Add buttermilk, yogurt, egg, vanilla, and mashed bananas and mix until well combined.
Add dry flour mixture, stirring just until combined. Fill muffin pan with batter and top with peanut butter streusel, breaking up the streusel into smaller chunks.
Bake muffins for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove muffins from pan and let cool on a wire rack.
Notes
Make sure to use spotted ripe bananas but not overly ripe bananas that are completely black.