Plantation Muffins

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 ounces cream cheese, softened (reduced-fat ok)
• 1 cup sugar (or splenda)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 1/2 cup sour cream (light ok)
• 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400.
• 2 spray a 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray very heavily.
• 3 sprinkle the pecans evenly among the 12 cups of the muffin tin.
• 4 set aside.
• 5 sift together the flour, baking soda and salt.
• 6 set aside.
• 7 in a separate bowl, combine the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla.
• 8 add the egg until well combined.
• 9 add the flour mixture to the cream cheese mixture, alternately with the sour cream.
• 10 do not overmix.
• 11 fold in the drained pineapple.
• 12 bake about 20 minutes.