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!
Making The Best Banana Bread 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.
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.
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
Love chocolate with banana? Try my Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins, Chocolate Banana Cake or my Chocolate Banana Muffins.
Have more bananas to use up? Try my Banana Pancake Recipe or myBanana Bread Pudding Recipe.
Easy Banana Bread Muffins
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
Nutrition
Disclaimer
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
More Creative Banana Bread And Banana Bread Muffins Recipes
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.
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Lisa Nguyen says
Thank you very much for sharing the recipe!
The muffins came out so delicious.
ENorth says
I just finished making these. I made 24 mini-muffins, 12 plain banana, 4 banana coconut, 4 banana chocolate chips and 4 banana pistachio (I was out of walnuts, so yeah.) They’re cooling on the counter right now so we haven’t tasted them yet, but they smell amazing and they are the prettiest, most perfectly-proportioned mini-muffins you have ever seen. I wish I could upload a picture!
Update: They have been pronounced “the best – I will spare you the expletive – muffins” by the teenage boy. I was treated to a description of flavor and appearance before he went back in his room to do homework while eating a fifth muffin. Kids are strange.
ENorth says
Oh and mini-muffins were perfectly cooked in 10 minutes.
Christi Johnstone says
Haha, well I’m glad he liked them!
Jenny Parlier says
These were absolutely delicious, and a fun recipe to make with my 4 year old. 🙂
Christi Johnstone says
So glad you enjoyed these banana bread muffins!
Dawn says
These muffins were fantastic! I have not made banana bread for ages since going keto. I had some overripe bananas sitting on the counter, and thought what the heck! I followed the recipe ingredients exactly with no alterations. Needed a few extra minutes at 350 degrees F (25 minutes total) to get the proper “doneness” and consistency. They came out perfect and next I’m going to try a batch with pecans and/or walnuts. Yum!
Lihle Mbambo says
Tried this recipe out and my muffins came out soft and moist! They were so good and my family enjoyed them. Thank you so much
Shara says
Awesome banana bread recipe! Just made it today. Everyone LOVED it. Consistency very light, not heavy, and delicious. THANKS for sharing your recipe!
Kimberly R. says
Amazing, Delicious and Easy to make! Thisnwas my first time making Banana Bread and I am so excited at how they turned out. I can’t tell you the many times that I have thrown out bananas knowing I could’ve been making something with them. Thank you for this awesome recipe.!
Christi says
So glad you enjoyed these Banana Bread Muffins, Kimberly! A great way to use up those bananas for sure!
Renae says
The banana muffins are so good!! Everyone loves them and I keep getting requests to make them! Thanks for sharing.
Christi says
Renae, so glad you enjoyed the banana bread muffins!
Terri says
These are the best banana muffins I have made. They are moist and so easy to make. Thanks for the recipe.
I will put this recipe on my list to give to my daughters.
Christi says
Terri, I’m so glad you enjoyed this recipe for banana bread muffins!
Terri says
These are the best banana muffins I have made. They are moist and so easy to make. Thanks for the recipe.