Banana Pineapple Streusel Muffins

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup chopped pecans (optional) or 1 cup walnuts (optional)
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups mashed ripe bananas
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, thoroughly drained
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 2 streusel topping: combine sugar, flour, and cinnamon.
• 3 with a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles crumbs; set aside.
• 4 batter: combine flour, salt, baking soda, sugar and cinnamon; stir in pecans.
• 5 combine eggs,vegetable oil, mashed bananas, drained crushed pineapple and vanilla extract in separate bowl; add to flour mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• 6 do not over stir.
• 7 fill paper-lined muffin tins a little more than half full.
• 8 sprinkle tops with streusel mixture.
• 9 bake about 25 minutes.
• 10 let cool for 10 minutes, then remove and finish cooling on wire racks.
• 11 batter can be used to make 2 medium-sized loaves.
• 12 bake at 350 degrees f.