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Banana-Nut Cheesecake Muffins

Ingredients

  • Our Family® Nonstick Cooking Spray
  • 1 package (8 ounces) Our Family® Cream Cheese, softened
  • 3/4 cup Our Family® Granulated Sugar
  • 2 Our Family® Large Eggs
  • 2 tsp Our Family® Vanilla Extract
  • 2 cups Our Family® All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 tsp Our Family® Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Our Family® Baking Soda
  • 1/2 tsp Our Family® Salt
  • 3 large very ripe bananas
  • 1/4 cup Our Family® Vegetable Oil
  • 1/2 cup Our Family® Walnut Pieces

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line 2 (12-cup) standard muffin pans with 15 baking cups; spray with cooking spray.
  2. In large bowl, with mixer on medium-high speed, beat cream cheese and 1/4 cup sugar 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add 1 egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; beat on high 1 minute or until smooth. Transfer to small zip-top plastic bag. Makes about 1 1/2 cups cream cheese mixture.
  3. In medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In separate large bowl, mash bananas; whisk in oil, and remaining 1/2 cup sugar, 1 egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Add flour mixture to banana mixture; stir until just combined and fold in walnuts. Makes about 4 cups batter.
  4. Divide batter into prepared cups; snip bottom corner of plastic bag with kitchen scissors and squeeze heaping 1 tablespoon cream cheese mixture into center of batter in each cup. Bake muffins 20 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center of muffins comes out clean; cool 15 minutes in pan. Makes 15 muffins.

 

 

Approximate nutritional values per serving (1 muffin): 230 Calories, 13g Fat, 4g Saturated Fat, 40mg Cholesterol, 251mg Sodium, 25g Carbohydrates, 1g Fiber, 11g Sugars, 10g Added Sugars, 4g Protein

 

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