A few weeks ago, I attended the Pillsbury Bake-Off in Nashville! It was a blast, my third time attending the event to witness, share online and to enjoy the samples. 100 contestants gathered in a gigantic ballroom filled with ovens to compete for $1 Million!
It's always so exciting! I shared some of it on instagram.
I got to try a ton of goodies including this tart!
I saw this guy too. So fun!
And in true Julie fashion, I had my camera around my neck and accidentally took a picture of the Doughboy's butt! Or is that his front side? Haha
Isn't this Golden Doughboy absolutely adorable?
And course since we were in Nashville, we enjoyed a ton of good eats. Amazing biscuits and fried chicken at Biscuit Love Truck with these wonderful ladies: Lindsay, Angie, that's Karl from BLT, Amanda, Lauren, and Jenny!
I had Nashville HOT CHICKEN and survived because I got the medium spice level. It was amazing so were the pimento mac & cheese and leave room for the banana pudding, seriously.
And we had Jeni's Ice Cream twice. I love love her ice cream sandwiches made with macarons and the most amazing oatmeal cookies. The sweet potato with marshamallows…I need to find that close by.
And also went to Two Ten Jack twice. It was amazing. I need to move to Nashville…not just because my best friend Lindsay lives there but because of this place.
And we of course got cupcakes at Cupcake Collection!
And stopped by the Goo Goo Cluster store downtown. Such a cute place…and if you like chocolate…you must go there.
**All of my travel shots were taken with this camera, which I'm obsessed with. Look for a post about it soon!
And now to these muffins. Mindy, who I met at the Bake-Off last year (side note I actually made her recipe at home from last year too and loved it) competed with these muffins. They are so easy…
And use Pillsbury's gluten free cookie dough. It's so genius. Now I'm thinking of other things I can make with this cookie dough. (PS this makes the muffins gluten free too!)
I used my electric hand mixer that I recently got from KitchenAid to mix all of the ingredients.
It's the most amazing hand mixer…why? Because it has a handy dandy cord wrap.
Top the muffin batter with more walnuts and coarse sugar. Bake…
And you have these lovelies which I have been eating for breakfast all week. If you're not a baker, not a baking fan…these muffins for you…just 7 ingredients and you can't mess them up. Thanks, Mindy for a great recipe!
Recipe
Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Banana Nut Muffins Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 container Pillsbury™ Gluten Free refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough
- 2 ripe medium bananas, chopped (1 1/2 cups)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
- 1 tablespoon coarse white sparkling sugar
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375°F. Place cupcake liners in each muffin cup.
- In large bowl, beat eggs and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed about 30 seconds or until frothy and light yellow. Break up cookie dough into egg mixture; add bananas and baking powder. Beat on medium speed about 1 minute or until smooth and well blended. Gently stir in 1 cup of the walnuts.
- Divide batter evenly among muffin cups; sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup walnuts and the sugar. Bake 24 to 27 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes. Remove muffins from pan to cooling rack. Cool 5 minutes. Serve warm or cool. Store covered.
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Check out Jessie's Bake-off Post and Jenny's!
Disclosure: Pillsbury covered my travel to the Bake-Off. All opinions are my own, always. KitchenAid provided me with the hand mixer that I mentioned and I included affiliate links in this post. If you click on them and make a purchase, I receive a small percentage.
Laura @ Laura's Culinary Adventures says
What a fun experience! These muffins look delicious!
Sandy @ Reluctant Entertainer says
LOVE these muffins. Looks like a fabulous time, Julie!
Aly says
Can we use homemade cookie dough for this recipe?
Brenda @ a farmgirl's dabbles says
These muffins and the bake-off look awesome. But that ramen…WANT!!!!
Toni | BoulderLocavore says
As I was scrolling through all of your delicious photos I screeched to a halt at Pillsbury Gluten-Free Cookie Dough! Really?! Love that (being GF and the mom of 2 GF kids). These muffins of yours sound perfect.
Mindy says
Toni- Yes, Pillsbury has come on board the GF train this year with 3 GF products (pie crust and pizza dough as well as the cookies) I have been GF for years and it was great to be able to create a GF recipe for the Bake-Off this year. Unfortunately, Pillsbury removed “Gluten-Free” from the names of the recipes that used their GF products, so it’s hard to find them in recipe lists. Most GF muffins I have had in the past have been dry and crumbly. These come out moist, with the perfect muffin texture. Thanks Julie for sharing them!
Emily says
All of the food you guys ate looks delicious! I definitely need some of that fried chicken.
The muffins look great! That’s such a creative idea.
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says
A good chocolate chip muffin makes me so happy! And I love the bananas in this one 🙂
Linda | Brunch with Joy says
Julie, that sounds like a fun trip and i’m dying to try Two Ten Jack now. These muffins sound a fun breakfast item after Thanksgiving, and those walnuts on top totally give extra crunchiness. Yum!
Sara says
I seriously love this! I’m making this tomorrow for sure!
Joanne @ Fifteen Spatulas says
So glad you had such a fun trip!!
Shanna @ pineapple and coconut says
Definitely making these soon! My kids will love!