Chunky Monkey Muffins


Serves: 5
Total Calories: 755
Yield: 16

Ingredients

1 cup walnuts
------------------------------
Cream Cheese Filling:
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
pinch salt
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
------------------------------
Muffin Batter:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons salad oil
1 large egg
1/2 cup orange juice
2 large bananas, peeled
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°. Toast walnuts in oven, then coarsely chop and set aside. Prepare muffin papers for 16 muffins. Set pans aside.

Cream Cheese Filling:
Combine and cream well soft cream cheese, powdered sugar, and salt. Blend in chocolate chips. Set aside.

Muffin Batter:
In a bowl, sift dry ingredients. Add chopped nuts. Set aside. In mixer bowl, blend oil, egg, orange juice, bananas, and vanilla. Slowly add dry ingredients and blend. Divide batter evenly between prepared muffin cups, reserving a small amount. Top each muffin with a teaspoon of Cream Cheese Filling and press down slightly. Put a small amount of reserved batter on top of each muffin to cover cream cheese. Bake at 350° for 20–25 minutes.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 5
Total Calories: 755
Calories from Fat: 277

This Chunky Monkey Muffins recipe is from the Best of the Best from the Pacific Rim Cookbook Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.


More Recipes from the Best of the Best from the Pacific Rim Cookbook Cookbook:
Green Chile-Cheese Cornbread
Skillet Sun-Dried Tomato & Cheddar Bread
Bruschetta "The original garlic bread"
Cheddar Pecan Crackers
Country Gravy and Biscuits
Buttermilk Cinnamon-Nut Bread
Liberty Lake Huckleberry Bread
Cranberry Apple Nut Bread
The Yogi’s Banana Bread
Lingonberry Loaf (Alaska Low-Bush Cranberries)
Quick Gingerbread
Chunky Monkey Muffins
Alegra's Six Week Muffins
Washington State Apple Muffins
Breakfast Scones
Apricot-Pecan Scones
Sticky Orange Rolls
Overnight Brunch Rolls
Butterscotch Toast
Mendocino Streusel Coffee Cake
Sunrise Coffee Cake
Wonders
Berry Stuffed French Toast—San Francisco Style
Peg’s Kid-Pleasin’ French Toast
Oatmeal Pancakes
Hazelnut Buttermilk Pancakes with Blackberry Butter
Cottage Pancakes
Banana Pecan Pancakes
Bayfield Eggs
English Muffin Breakfast Casserole
Breakfast Sausage Soufflé
Breakfast-On-The-Run Bar
Moose Racks
Sunshine Pie
Papaya Jelly
Apricot Pepper Jelly
Apples with Granola and Cider Cream




"I must say this is the best recipe software I have ever owned."
-Rob

"Your DVO cookbook software saves me time and money!"
-Mary Ann

"Call it nutrition software, meal planning software, cooking software, recipe manager, or whatever you want. It is the software I use to stay healthy!"
-David

"Your software is the best recipe organizer and menu planner out there!"
-Toni

"Thank you so very much for creating such a wonderful cooking recipe program. I think this is the best recipe program there is!"
-Sarah

"I saw lots of recipe software for PC computers but I was having a hard time finding really good mac recipe software. I'm so glad I discovered Cook'n! It's so nice to have all my recipes in a computer recipe organizer. Cook'n has saved me so much time with meal planning and the recipe nutrition calculator is amazing!!!
-Jill

My favorite is the Cook'n Recipe App.
-Tom