Bits O’ Brickle Banana Muffins

Jul 11, 2018 | Posted by kelly | Breakfast |

by Kelly J. Larson

When you combine the best ever banana bread recipe with Heath English toffee bits and divide it into cute oven-ready baking cups, you end up with a little bit of heaven. One bag of Bits O’ Brickle is spooned onto the batter-filled baking cups, which transforms into a crunchy top while it bakes. Simply peel away the cup and enjoy!

Bits O’ Brickle Banana Muffins

1-1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1-1/2 cups mashed very ripe bananas
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2-1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup chopped pecans
8 ounces Bits O’ Brickle toffee bits
24 baking cups

Preheat oven to 375° F degrees (400° F degrees in my oven). Mix banana bread ingredients together in stand mixer until well blended. Using large (1/4 cup) stainless steel scoop, fill each baking cup. Divide any remaining batter to fill the 24 cups. Next, sprinkle a spoonful of toffee bits into each muffin.

Bake for 8 minutes at 400, then lower the temperature to 350 and bake 12 more minutes.

Gold Medal’s all-purpose flour packaging is the source for the Best Ever Banana Bread recipe, and the toffee bits addition is mine. Makes 24 muffins, 295 calories each.

Speaking of a bit of heaven, today is Hannah Appreciation Day! Seven years ago today, heaven sent us an 8-year-old girl whom we adopted and gave her the name of Hannah, from her birth name of Yeh Min-Yu.