I whipped up a new muffin recipe this week, Butterscotch Banana Muffins.
I know. I make a lot of muffins. Maybe an abnormal amount of muffins. But they are such a great food. They are easy to make. They freeze well. They transport well. They are perfect for a quick breakfast or grab and go snack. And I find them very forgiving and flexible when it comes to recipes, you can really get creative with them. I absolutely adore the flavor combo in these oatmeal butterscotch banana muffins.
BUTTERSCOTCH BANANA MUFFINS
This recipe is made entirely with oats, without any traditional flour. I have always been a big oats and oatmeal fan. I love the chewy texture and the slightly sweet nutty taste of oats. So when I make an oatmeal muffin or cookie, I want a lot of that oatmeal taste. These muffins totally deliver on that. Pairing them with butterscotch chips gives them the flavor of my favorite type of oatmeal cookie, the oatmeal scotchie. So delicious!
By replacing traditional flour with oats in these muffins (by using a mix of oats and oat flour made from grinding your oats), you take out the wheat.
Now there is some debate when it comes to the gluten free folks as to if oats are okay or not. Some say yes, some say no. The friends and family that I know that eat gluten free, eat gluten free oats (Bob’s Red Mill makes gluten free oats), so these fit the bill for them. However, if you are baking for someone who eats gluten free, make sure you always check ingredients with them. When it comes to food allergies or issues, it’s always better to be safe than sorry.
I based this recipe off of my Oatmeal Scotchie Muffin recipe. I altered it to replace the flour and also added in some bananas. They are not overwhelmed by the banana flavor though. If you aren’t a huge banana fan, you can cut back to one banana and add in an extra tablespoon of Greek yogurt, and I don’t think you will taste any banana. I do puree my bananas in my food processor whenever I make banana muffins or banana bread (or just mix well with my stand mixer) as I don’t love the texture of banana in recipes.
If butterscotch isn’t your favorite, hop on over to my Banana Bread Muffins recipe!
Ready to make some muffins?
MORE DELICIOUS BANANA RECIPES TO TRY:
- Chocolate Banana Muffins
- Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Vanilla Banana Muffins
- Butterscotch Banana Muffins
- Pumpkin Banana Muffins
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
- Banana Bread Muffins
- Simple Banana Bread
Butterscotch Banana Muffins
Butterscotch Banana Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain or vanilla Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 2 large ripe bananas
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups oat flour you can grind your oats in your food processor to a flour like consistency
- 1 cup whole oats
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2-1 cup butterscotch chips
- Optional - adding a handful of walnuts or pecans would be delicious
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Combine oat flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt and brown sugar and mix well. Set aside.
- In a food processor or a bowl with an electric mixer, puree or mix your ripe bananas until relatively smooth. Add in yogurt and mix until well combined. Add in softened butter and vanilla, mix until well combined. Add in eggs, mixing until combined.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add in milk and stir until all ingredients are well combined but do not over mix. Stir in butterscotch chips.
- Scoop into a greased muffin tin.
- Bake for approximately 15-20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean and/or top of muffins springs back when lightly touched. Cool. Store covered. Once cool, you can store them in the freezer, I simply place mine into a zipper style freezer bag.
Notes
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.
If you love oats as much as I do, here are a few other recipes you can try…
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (all oats, no flour, crazy delicious!)
Chocolate Banana Oatmeal Muffins
Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Muffins
Blender Banana Oatmeal Muffins
Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal Muffins
Originally published January 2014.
Emma says
How much sour cream please send me the measurements
Christi Johnstone says
Hi Emma, all the measurements are in the recipe card which is located above where you left your comment. Hope that helps.
Jo says
Great muffins! They’re the perfect amount of sweet and I’m a big fan of butterscotch, so I’m a huge fan. My only complaint is that my orange cat tried to steal one of them as they were cooling on the counter and ate a bite, and now she won’t stop begging for more whenever we eat them.
Nikki says
Easy to make! I used a mix of sour cream and cream cheese instead of Greek yogurt. I added chocolate chips instead of butterscotch chips. I used instant oats instead of whole oats. Bake time was about 22 minutes. My husband said these muffins are amazing!!