Recipe: Perfect Banana Caramel Butter Muffins

Banana Caramel Butter Muffins. I had come up with these a while ago but finally I got it good! Lightly apply top of pan with cooking spray to help prevent caramel from sticking. In a mixing bowl/mixer, combine mashed bananas, vanilla, sugar, egg and cooled butter.

Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture just until moistened. Fill paper-lined jumbo muffin cups three-fourths full. Banana Caramel Muffins are a delicious twist on the classic banana muffin. You can cook Banana Caramel Butter Muffins using 16 ingredients and 21 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Banana Caramel Butter Muffins

1. It's of muffin batter:.
2. You need of all purpose flour.
3. It's of baking powder.
4. You need of baking soda.
5. Prepare of salt.
6. Prepare of slightly over ripe bananas.
7. It's of granulated sugar.
8. You need of vanilla extract.
9. Prepare of buttermilk.
10. Prepare of eggs.
11. You need of melted butter.
12. Prepare of caramel center.
13. You need of caramel sudae topping (more or less as needed).
14. You need of caramel butter topping:.
15. Prepare of room temp caramel sundae topping (heaping).
16. It's of melted butter.

Sweet, slightly smoky with little bit of salty thrown in, they are a wonderful combination of flavors.. Combine the butter and caramel together with an electric mixer until fully incorporated. Add in the bananas and vanilla and mix thoroughly. In another bowl, mash the bananas.

Banana Caramel Butter Muffins step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Prepare 18 regular sized muffin/cupcake cups with baking spray or paper liners..
3. Lightly spray top of pan with baking spray to help prevent caramel from sticking..
4. CARAMEL BUTTER TOPPING:.
5. Mix well caramel and butter until smooth. Set aside..
6. MUFFIN BATTER:.
7. In a large bowl wisk together all dry ingredients except sugar..
8. In another bowl mash bananas, then sprinkle with sugar. Stir well..
9. Wisk in all wet ingredients into mashed banana mix..
10. Add wet to dry and stir until just incorporated. Do not overmix..
11. ASSEMBLY:.
12. Fill muffin cups to 1/4 full with muffin batter..
13. Spoon about a half teaspoon of the caramel sundae topping (not the butter mix one) into the center of each cup..
14. Then fill muffin cups to 3/4 full with batter..
15. Make a small dimple in center of each (may be hard cuz batter is thicker and sticky).
16. Spoon about 1/2 tsp. Of the caramel butter topping mix in center of each where u put the dimple..
17. Its ok if u don't get it exact as it will melt during baking and run to the side. It may over spill as the muffin rises. (Which is ok, u can spoon it over directly when it comes out of oven) (if needed).
18. Bake about 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean..
19. Immedietly remove muffins from pan and transfer to wire rack for cooling. (They will be super hot! And the caramel will stick to u and burn you so remove carefully) ( I used a butter knife to pop them out and then transferred. Its easier).
20. Serve warm or cooled and enjoy!.
21. Makes 18 regular sized muffins..

Add egg, oil and vanilla; mix well. Stir into the dry ingredients just until moistened. To make banana muffins moist, make sure you're using a solid ratio of dry to wet ingredients. I found the muffins to be dry without the addition of liquid, but a couple Tablespoons of milk solved the problem. Use a little fat (butter), brown sugar, and plenty of bananas for lots of moisture and flavor.