Peanut Butter, Banana & Caramel Muffins
Peanut butter, banana and caramel – can’t go wrong with this combo!
INGREDIENTS – (MAKES 12 MUFFINS)
Peanut Banana Brittle:
1 cup caster sugar
½ cup golden syrup
¾ cup peanuts
¾ cup banana chips
1 tbsp butter
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp vanilla essence
Muffin Mix:
2 cups plain flour, sifted
2½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
pinch salt
⅔ cup caster sugar
1 egg
1 cup milk
90g butter, melted and cooled
200g peanut butter
180g banana, mashed
Peanut caramel filling:
140g Nestle Caramel Top n fill
60g peanut butter
Peanut butter cream cheese icing:
120g cream cheese, softened
60g butter, softened
1 tsp vanilla essence
1½ cups icing sugar mixture
70g peanut butter
METHOD
Preheat oven to moderate (180°C/160C) fan forced. Brush 12 x ⅓-cup capacity muffin cups with oil or use muffin wrappers.
Peanut Butter Banana Brittle:
- Line a large baking tray with baking paper.
- In a microwave safe bowl mix together caster sugar and golden syrup. Microwave for 3 minutes – the mixture will bubble vigorously. Working quickly add peanuts, banana chips and butter. Mix together with a metal spoon – do not use a wooden spoon.
- Microwave mixture again for 5 minutes. Working quickly add bicarb soda and vanilla essence.
- The mixture will start to foam and expand.
- Carefully pour mixture onto the lined tray and spread flat with metal spoon.
- Leave to set and cool whilst you make and bake the muffins. Once cool break up into pieces around 8 cm long.
Peanut/Caramel filling:
- In a medium bowl mix together the caramel and peanut butter
Muffin mix:
- Place combined sifted flour, baking powder, soda, salt and caster sugar into a large bowl. Mix well.
- Whisk together egg, milk and cooled melted butter in a large jug. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix together. Add the peanut butter and banana, mix well.
- Spoon 2 tblsp of the muffin mix into muffin cases. Add 1 tbsp of peanut caramel filling onto each muffin. Top with remaining muffin mix.
Peanut butter cream cheese icing:
- Place the peanut butter icing ingredients except the peanut butter into a benchtop mixer or use a handheld mixer to beat until combined. Then add peanut butter and beat again until mixed through. Spoon into a piping bag with a round nozzle.
TO ASSEMBLE:
- Once muffins have cooled, cut off top of muffins with a serrated knife. Pipe 30g peanut butter cream cheese icing in a ring onto base of the muffins.
- Replace the top of the muffin onto the ring of icing.
- Pipe a small amount of peanut butter cream cheese icing into the top of the muffins.
- Dust with icing sugar and top with a shard of peanut banana brittle into the icing so it stands up straight.
Allergen warning: This product contains the allergens Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Lupin, Nuts, Peanuts.