Mother’s Day Banana Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Roasted Marshmallow Frosting

This cupcake is an ode to my mom. She used to talk about how she loved taking a piece of bread, spread some peanut butter on it, put banana slices on that and top with marshmallows. She would then place it in the oven with the broiler on to roast the marshmallows. This cupcake takes all those flavors and combines them together, while also reducing fat. So Happy Mother’s Day Mom, maybe you can get younger sister to make these for you.

Mash the banana:

Add wet ingredients:

Add dry ingredients:

Place in muffin tins:

Add dollop peanut butter:

Mix it in:

Add marshmallow fluff:

ENJOY!

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Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Swirls and Roasted Marshmallow Frosting:

Prep Time: 15 min

Cook Time: 25 min

Serves: 12 people ( 1 cupcake/ person)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 TSP Baking Powder
• 1/2 TSP Baking Soda
• 1/4 Cup unsalted Butter, melted
• 1/4 cup Full Fat Vanilla Greek Yogurt
• 1 1/2 cup mashed banana ( about 4 ripe bananas)
• 1 TSP vanilla extract
• 6 TSP Peanut Butter, divided
• 7 oz.  Marshmallow Fluff
• 12 banana chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Add cupcake liners to a standard 12 cup muffin tin.

2.In a large bowl, mash bananas. Add butter, yogurt, eggs and vanilla extract. Mix together until evenly combined. Add sugars, baking powder and soda. Mix together until evenly combined. Slowly add flours and mixed until evenly combined.

3. Spoon into muffin tins till about 3/4 full. Add about 1/2 TSP of peanut butter to each cupcake. Using a sharp knife or skewer, gently swirl peanut butter in. Place in oven and cook until a toothpick inserted comes out clean, about 25 minutes.

4. Let cool completely. Preheat broiler, add a small dollop of marshmallow fluff onto each cupcake. Place cupcakes on a cookie sheet, and place on rack as close to broiler as possible. Cook until marshmallow top is browned, about 2-3 minutes. Remove and take off cookie sheet to cool. Let cool and then stick a banana chip vertically in each cupcake.

ENJOY!

 

Banana Cupcake Adapted from Martha Stewart’s recipe:

http://www.marthastewart.com/314063/banana-cupcakes-with-honey-cinnamon-fros