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Banana Nut Muffins

Moist banana nut muffins made with ripe bananas and crunchy nuts. An easy, bakery-style recipe perfect for breakfast, snacks, or freezing.
Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American, Southern
Keyword banana-nut-muffins-recipe
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes
Cooling Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 37 minutes
Servings 12 servings
Calories 301kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 medium bananas mashed to equal 1 cup
  • 2 large eggs lightly beaten
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup chopped pecans divided use

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. Liberally spray a 12-cup muffin tin with baking spray or use cupcake liners. Set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl use a whisk to sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
  • In a separate medium bowl whisk together the bananas, eggs, butter and vanilla extract.
  • Make a well in the center of the flour mixture adding the wet ingredients. Stir with a large spoon or rubber spatula until fully combined.
  • Divide muffin batter evenly between the wells of the muffin tin. (Pro Tip: An ice cream scoop works best).
  • Bake for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes back clean.
  • Cool for 15 minutes in the muffin tin then remove to a rack to cool completely.
  • Store chilled or at room temperature in an airtight container.

Notes

  • Nuts - You could use chopped walnuts in place of pecans.
  • Brown Sugar - You could use the same amount of brown sugar for a hint of molasses flavor.
  • Cinnamon - Pumpkin pie spice is a combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, allspice and ginger. It also works well in this recipe.
  • Butter - You could use salted butter. When doing so, decrease to 1/4 teaspoon salt.
  • Serving Options - You could slather these muffins with cream cheese frosting, cinnamon butter, maple butter or nutella.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 301kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 51mg | Sodium: 202mg | Potassium: 179mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 299IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 1mg