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Banana Bread Muffins

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These easy banana bread muffins are a delicious way to start your day and they also make a sweet afternoon pick me up. You can mix this recipe up quickly by hand, no mixer required. After making your first batch, this will become one of your go to muffin recipes! If you have ripe bananas sitting on your counter, print this recipe, get into the kitchen, and in approximately 30 minutes you’ll have a delicious batch of banana bread muffins ready to enjoy. As an added bonus your entire house will smell absolutely divine!

Delicious and easy banana muffins #bananamuffins #muffins

Banana muffins can be hit or miss. I’ve had amazing muffins but I’ve also had lackluster ones. This banana bread muffin recipe gets a great big thumbs up from my entire family, the request it often. It’s moist, just sweet enough and has the perfect flavor. The only downside is how quickly the entire batch disappears, nobody can resist these muffins, especially when served warm. 

Banana Bread Muffins Recipe

While I left the nuts out of these due to nut allergies in my family, I think these would be spectacular with walnuts or pecans folded in. I also love to make these as banana chocolate chip muffins or even bananas blueberry muffins. My kids love these flavorful muffins for grab and go breakfasts, and they are also a popular snack or lunch box addition in my family. Basically, you can’t go wrong with this easy recipe. 

Banana Bread Muffin Recipe

Ingredients Needed:

At a glance, full recipe below

  • All Purpose Flour
  • Baking Powder
  • Baking Soda 
  • Salt 
  • Ripe Bananas
  • Butter 
  • Brown Sugar
  • Eggs
  • Vanilla
  • Walnuts, Pecans or Chocolate Chips (optional)

Why Use Ripe Bananas?

Most banana bread and muffin recipes call for ripe bananas. The riper a banana is the easier it is to mash. In addition to being easy to mash, riper bananas are sweeter and more flavorful, which is perfect for banana bread. You don’t have to use overly ripe bananas, but I do find that these muffins are at their absolute best when they are made with some unattractive, ripe and brown bananas. 

Can You Freeze Muffins?

Absolutely! Allow your muffins to cool complete, then place into a freezer bag and store in the freezer. Muffins can be thawed by simply sitting them out on the counter for an hour or so, or placed in the microwave for 20-30 seconds. Frozen muffins also work great for popping into a backpack or lunchbox as they thaw fairly quickly. 

Easy Banana Bread Muffin Recipe

Want to make this as a loaf, instead of muffins? Head over to my SIMPLE BANANA BREAD RECIPE.

Love chocolate with banana? Try my Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins or my Chocolate Banana Muffins. 

Have more bananas to use up? Try my Banana Pancake Recipe.

Banana Bread Muffins

Easy Banana Bread Muffins

These delicious and flavorful Banana Bread Muffins are perfect for breakfast or for an afternoon snack. 
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Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: banana, bread, muffins
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 12 muffins
Calories: 214kcal
Author: Christi Johnstone

Equipment

  • Muffin Pan

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3 medium to large very ripe bananas
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted and cooled
  • 3/4 cup packed light or dark brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs lightly beaten
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans optional

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  • Prepare a muffin pan with 12 muffin liners.
  • In a large bowl, mash bananas until only small chunks remain. Add in melted (and cooled) butter and brown sugar and stir until well combined. Stir in beaten eggs and vanilla and stir until combined.
  • In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt, stir to combine.
  • Combine wet and dry mixture until just combined. Do not over-mix. If desired, add in optional nuts and stir to combine.
  • Divide batter between 12 muffin cups.
  • Place in oven and immediately reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Bake for approximately 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, and tops are turning golden brown.
  • Remove from oven and allow to cool for five minutes. Remove muffins from pan and serve.
  • To save remaining muffins, wrap tightly with plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator.

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Notes

Feel free to add in one cup of chocolate chips or chopped nuts. You could even add in blueberries! 

Nutrition

Calories: 214kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 121mg | Potassium: 171mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 295IU | Vitamin C: 2.6mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg
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I hope your family enjoys these banana bread muffins as much as mine does. I think I’ve made them three times this month so far, my kids keep requesting them! I have some other great recipes you’ll want to try as well.

If your family loves chocolate as much as mine does, then you need to make these CHOCOLATE BANANA MUFFINS.

Chocolate Banana Muffins
If you love butterscotch, then you have got to try these Banana Butterscotch Muffins. The best way to describe them is if banana bread and oatmeal scotchie cookies got together into one, this would be the result. These are one of my all time favorite muffins.

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Shugary Sweets has a delectable Snickerdoodle Banana Bread Recipe. You can’t go wrong when you bring cinnamon and sugar to the banana bread party!

Spend With Pennies has a scrumptious Chocolate Chip Zucchini Banana Bread recipe we love.

Finally, you just can’t go wrong when you add chocolate and peanut butter to your banana bread! Check out Two Peas And Their Pod for their yummy Peanut Butter Banana Bread Recipe.

 

 

About author Christi Johnstone of Love From The Oven

Christi is the baker, cook, blogger, food photographer, recipe developer and sprinkle lover behind Love From The Oven. As a busy mom, it's important to Christi that her recipes are family-friendly and picky eater approved. In addition to running Love From The Oven, Christi is the author of The My Little Pony Baking Book and Smart Cookie, and the co-author of Peeps-A-Licious.
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  1. Mary Schick says

    May 9, 2020 at 7:01 am

    5 stars
    I love this recipe! I followed your exact directions for the banana bread muffins and they turned out perfect and delicious. Thank you!

    Reply
  2. Terry says

    May 13, 2020 at 1:50 pm

    5 stars
    I love these muffins the only thing I changed was I added 1/2 teaspoon cardamom and 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, I also put in 1/2 c honey yogurt and 1/4c of maple syrup DELICIOUS

    Reply
  3. Karen says

    May 14, 2020 at 7:00 pm

    5 stars
    Excellent Flavor and moist recipe. I substituted with a GF 1 to 1 flour.

    Reply
  4. monica says

    May 14, 2020 at 8:10 pm

    what kind of frosting could you put on these muffins? My husbands birthday is next week so I want to decorate them really nice

    Reply
    • Christi Johnstone says

      May 15, 2020 at 7:04 am

      I really don’t frost muffins, but if you want to, maybe try Cream Cheese Frosting.

      Reply
  5. Laura Robinson says

    May 30, 2020 at 6:02 am

    5 stars
    I LOVED THE TATSE OF THESE! It says it makes 12. But my muffins were overflowing. I think it could totally make 16. That was my only problem.

    Loved these!

    Reply
    • Christi Johnstone says

      May 30, 2020 at 8:45 am

      Glad you enjoyed them! For recipe yield I always base it off of the smallest yield, so that nobody ever ends up with less than they need. I have some muffin pans that look identical but actually hold different amounts, so I figure always best to make sure people get enough, extras are always a bonus!

      Reply
  6. Annelie Swart says

    June 4, 2020 at 12:27 am

    5 stars
    Fantastic recipe THANK YOU! Made it last night & have just printed the recipe for my sister, who also loved it & will be making it tonight for hubby!

    Reply
    • Christi Johnstone says

      June 4, 2020 at 11:44 am

      Annelie, so glad you enjoyed it!

      Reply
  7. RUBY DE LA CRUZ says

    June 17, 2020 at 4:09 am

    5 stars
    delicious recipe, i added maybe half a cup of vanilla yogurt and it turned out really moist

    Reply
  8. Vicki says

    June 19, 2020 at 4:37 pm

    5 stars
    Very very good!

    Reply
  9. Meagan says

    June 28, 2020 at 11:39 am

    5 stars
    Definitely the best banana bread muffin recipe! Delicious!

    Reply
  10. Stephanie says

    July 1, 2020 at 10:02 am

    5 stars
    These turned out great! I roasted a couple of bananas since I didn’t have enough. Will make it again

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