Banana Cream Cheese Muffins

Banana Cream Cheese Muffins (adapted from Baked Bree)

6 Tablespoons butter, room temperature

4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/2 cups flour

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

2 very ripe bananas, mashed

1/4 cup walnuts

Cream Cheese Filling:

4 ounces cream cheese

1 Tablespoon flour

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1 Tablespoon sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease/line a 12-cup muffin pan.

Cream together butter, cream cheese, and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and beat until well combined. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon together in a seperate bowl, and add to butter mixture. Add mashed bananas, and mix until just combined.

In a small bowl, whisk cream cheese filling ingredients together until smooth.

Fill each muffin cup halfway with batter. Add about a tablespoon of cream cheese filling on top of each. Cover with the rest of the batter, evenly distributed among the cups. Top with walnuts.

Bake for 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven, and let cool a few minutes before removing from pan.