Banana Nut Cookie Butter Muffins

Did you know that today is National Potato Chip Day?  Me neither, hence the reason for today’s post having absolutely nothing to do with potato chips.  Or potatoes.  Or chips, for that matter.  IMHO, I don’t think potato chips deserve their own national holiday anyway.  Why take an every day treat and put it up on pedestal for the nation to rotate around for 24 hours?  Savor those holidays for special things…like bacon.  Oh, and Dairy Queen Dilly Bars.  And banana nut cookie butter muffins!!

Seriously!  Have you seen cookie butter?  Forget sight… have you TASTED the stuff?!  Aye carumba, Speculoos!

It tastes like creamy (or crunchy, if you prefer that version) gingerbread and butter all smoothed up fancy and delicious.  Since the flavor of gingerbread tends to create moaning noises from my mouth, you can trust me when I say that this stuff is much better than peanut butter.

I’m relatively certain that there’s yet another pair of stretchy pants with my name on them if I continue eating this stuff, but until I get the “all good things in moderation” routine down, I’ll risk snapping my elastic for these cookie butter banana nut muffins!

I’ve always been a fan of banana bread and I love the comforting, warm flavors of gingerbread, so combining the two seemed like the perfect pairing to me.  What’s that? Did you say you love me?  Aww, thanks.  I love you right back.

Instead of a traditional loaf pan, I used a jumbo muffin tin to bake these.

These are some jumbo cookie butter muffins.  Easily share-able…if you’re willing to part with some of this goodness.

Enjoy these banana nut cookie butter muffins!

Banana Nut Cookie Butter Muffins

Preparation 6 min 2017-05-25T00:06:00+00:00 Cook Time 35 min 2017-05-25T00:35:00+00:00

Serves 6     adjust servings

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These cookie butter muffins taste like peanut butter gingerbread. They're a little bite of heaven.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup cookie butter
• 3 overripe bananas, mashed
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon caramel flavoring
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Prepare Pampered Chef© Individual Serving Stone (or 2 standard sized loaf pans) by using a Silicone Basting Brush to coat the wells with melted butter.
2. In 3-cup Silicone Prep Bowl, whisk together oil, cookie butter and sugar.
3. Add the mashed bananas, eggs, milk, baking powder and baking soda. Whisk well to combine.
4. Mix in flour and walnuts until just combined. Try not to over mix!
5. Fill each well 3/4 full with batter.
6. Bake for 35-40 minutes, until toothpick inserted comes out clean.

by Becca

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
Amount Per Serving	As Served
Calories 633kcal Calories from fat 327
% Daily Value
Total Fat 36g	55%
Saturated Fat 12g	60%
Sodium 400mg	17%
Carbohydrate 71g	24%
Dietary Fiber 3g	12%
Sugars 33g
Protein 8g
Cholesterol 96mg	32%
Transfat 1g

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:

	Calories	2000	2500
Total Fat	Less than	65g	80g
Sat Fat	Less than	25g	80g
Cholesterol	Less than	300mg	300mg
Sodium	Less than	2,400mg	2,400mg
Total Carbohydrate		300g	375g
Dietary Fiber		25g	30g