We all know of Elvis Presley's affinity for peanut butter and banana sandwiches. I make a pretty mean version of that -- spread some honey on the bread first, then some peanut butter, then a mashed banana; put it all together, spread butter on the outside of the bread, and fry it up like a grilled cheese sandwich.Warm, gooey, sweet, with just a little bit of protein to delude a girl into thinking that it will balance out the carbs and sugars -- ha!!! Jeremy loves them ... LOVES them. I haven't made these for a long, long time; I might have to indulge him, to make up for the extra hours at work these days. Yes, I can buy his affection with food.
One of the ways that I cope with stress is to cook and to bake. Other people rely upon drive-thrus and take-out when life gets busy; I decompress in the kitchen. And the other day, I had some bananas to use up. But instead of making plain ol' banana bread, I made Elvis Muffins.
I'm sure you can already guess the primary ingredients in these beauties: peanut butter and banana. But there's whole wheat flour to make them more nutritious, and a sprinkling of honey-roasted peanuts on top "just 'cause."They're easy to make, they were apparently quite the hit with Tom's co-workers when he brought some in to share, and the house smells amazing as they bake. These muffins are just "A Big Hunk o' Love."
Elvis Muffins
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup smooth peanut butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
3 medium bananas, mashed
1 cup unbleached white flour
3/4 cup white whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 cup honey-roasted peanuts, chopped
Preheat oven to 350F. Fill a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
In a large bowl, combine the butter, peanut butter, and brown sugar. Stir in the eggs, one at a time. Stir in the bananas. Add the white flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; mix well. Divide batter among the lined cups. Sprinkle tops of muffins with the chopped peanuts.
Bake for 25 minutes or so, until a tester comes out clean.
16 comments:
Dear God in Heaven.. sounds DIVINE.
Those sound great!
I once had an "Elvis Sandwich" that had, peanutbutter, bananas, honey,and bacon and was grilled like a grilled cheese. It was yummy, but talk about fat and calories!
Love it, Mary! I love a good Elvis sammich from time to time...great idea to roll it all into a muffin. Guess I'll probably have to try this now...otherwise I won't stop thinking about them (thanks for that) ;) ...and thanks for sharing them with Two for Tuesdays this week!
Warm, gooey, sweet, with just a little bit of protein to delude a girl into thinking that it will balance out the carbs and sugars Oh yeah, been there. :-) Such delicious delusion. :-)
Wow, what a unique flavor combination. You should get bonus points for coming up with such a creative name.
Great Elvis muffins, too funny to actually call them that.
I have got to try this. ASAP.
Bacon in an Elvis sandwich??? OMG, I can practically feel my heart seizing with delight ... :)
Oh my. Yeah, this is on the to do list. Oh my Elvis, yum yum yum.
Thank you thank you thank you.
How on earth do you stay so stinkin tiny?
Beth, I have a couple of secrets: 1) bring treats to work, 2) send treats to others' work places, 3) give birth to a son who will eventually invite his buddies over so that they can all join in the effort to eat everything that isn't tied down ... :)
Yenta baby! Yep, me too, stress makes me want to create something so satisfying and then I feel so accomplished, the stress melts away with each delicious bite of my creation! These look wonderful and GOD elvis was such a talent! thanks for sharing on the two for tuesday recipe blog hop! :) Alex@amoderatelife
Whoa...these are going into my "to make" file, for sure! I am the biggest peanut butter fiend on earth. :)
Tomorrow I am baking Coconut Lime cupcakes with White Chocolate frosting...pray for my waist. :)
I'm taking them to a board meeting, so hopefully that will keep me from eating them all. Hahaha!
I just have to try these. Thanks for sharing. Came on Welcome Wednesday, please follow back.
I'm so sorry I haven't left comments over the past several weeks, but that doesn't mean I wasn't reading.
I've actually had these exact same muffins (nuts and all). My mom used to make them all the time, but se never mentioned Elvis athough she was obsessed with him.
I will absolutely have to make these. I know everyone will love them here.
Yippee - a little elvis with breakfast - yum!!! LOL thanks for linking this to Two for Tuesdays!
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