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Home » Breakfast Ideas » Tasty Banana Bread Muffins – Classic Bakery Style

Tasty Banana Bread Muffins – Classic Bakery Style

February 17, 2021 by Jenny 27 Comments

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These delicious Banana Bread Muffins are the #1 recipe on my recipe blog. They are easy & quick to make and absolutely delicious. Try them, you'll love it! via @jennymelrose

These tasty banana bread muffins are an easy way to use brown bananas and create a breakfast or snack that your entire family will gobble up. Plus, the brown sugar topping in this recipe makes it unique and adds a little crunch too.

Trust me, this super tasty banana bread muffin recipe will become an instant family favorite in your household.  I can’t recommend it enough. And be sure to follow my tips and tricks below to make the perfect bakery style muffins every time.

Banana bread muffins getting prepped, baked and ready to eat
Jump to:
  • Why These Muffins Are Simply The Best!
  • 🥘 Ingredients
  • 🔪 How To Make Tasty Banana Bread Muffins
  • 💭 Banana Bread Muffin Tips And Tricks
  • FAQs
  • Banana Bread Muffins Recipe
  • Other Great Recipes

Why These Muffins Are Simply The Best!

Let’s be honest; the best part about banana bread is the outside browned edges. I usually eat a slice of banana bread from the outside in because I want that outer crust first!

When you bake banana bread in a glass loaf pan, the inside gets fluffy, but you have way less surface area that comes into contact with the pan than you do when baking muffins. This means fewer brown edges.

Instead, a muffin tin allows for the batter to have crispy browned outside edges with every single bite! Also, the butter and sugar topping caramelizes on the sides of each muffin, so you get a lovely caramelized crunch around your banana bread muffin.

I have also made these into mini banana bread muffins using a mini muffin pan. This way, the mini muffins can be popped into your mouth in one bite!

sliced bananas in a bowl with other muffin ingredients

🥘 Ingredients

This easy recipe can be changed to fit anyone’s taste, such as adding chopped walnuts or wheat flour. Everything you will need for these banana bread muffins is:

  • 1-½ cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 3 mashed bananas
  • 1 egg
  • ⅓ cup melted butter
  • ¾ cup white sugar
  • Brown sugar topping:
  • 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • ⅛ tsp cinnamon
  • ⅓ cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1 tbsp butter

🔪 How To Make Tasty Banana Bread Muffins

Add all your dry ingredients to a mixing bowl and combine well.

In a separate large bowl (large enough that you can whisk or use a hand mixer) or in your stand mixer, mix the wet ingredients.

Once both are mixed separately, add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and keep on mixing until the banana bread muffin batter is just combined. Don’t over mix these or they won’t be as light and fluffy for your perfect bakery style treat.

Mixing banana bread muffins ingredientsTasty banana bread muffin batter

Fill muffin pan slots about ¾ of the way up with batter. You don’t have to line the tins since the muffins come out pretty easily without them, but it doesn’t hurt if you do want to line them.

In a small bowl, mix up the brown sugar and butter crumb topping using a fork, and place a spoonful (or more) on each banana bread muffin.

Now, you are ready to bake for 17–19 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. All that’s left to do is enjoy this simple banana muffin recipe!

Filling muffin pan with batter

💭 Banana Bread Muffin Tips And Tricks

  • Make a batch and freeze the extra to defrost later in the week for breakfast or an after-school snack.
  • Add chocolate chips to make them a bit sweeter and even tastier! Everyone needs chocolate for breakfast!
  • Turn this recipe into banana bread by using a bread pan rather than a muffin pan.
  • To help ripen bananas that are not quite brown enough, place them in a brown paper bag and close loosely.
  • You can also brown bananas by placing them on a baking sheet and putting them in an oven at 300 degrees for 40 minutes. Once the skin is black, they are browned and ready to be used in this banana bread muffin recipe.
Freshly baked banana bread muffins in a pan with cinnamon sticks

FAQs

Are Banana Muffins Bad For You?

This answer depends on how much butter and sugar is in the muffins. Bananas are naturally good for you and have lots of potassium. If you like your muffins sweet, the sugar content will be higher, therefore the muffins might be slightly less healthy but really tasty.

Should You Refrigerate Banana Muffins?

You can certainly refrigerate your leftover muffins to keep them fresh. I like to store my muffins for tomorrow’s breakfast or after-school snack in an airtight container in the fridge. This way, the muffins stay fresh for days after baking!

How Do You Keep Muffins Moist When Baking?

Butter is the best ingredient to help keep muffins moist while baking. I recommend using a high-quality butter to have the best texture and flavor throughout your muffins, such as grass-fed or Irish butter.

You should also avoid over-mixing your batter to ensure optimal texture. Over-mixing works the gluten in the flour too much, resulting in a tough, dense muffin.

At What Temperature Should I Bake The Muffins?

Bake these muffins at 350 degrees F. so that the oven is not too hot and not too cold. Any lower and the muffins would not be as browned on the outside,. Any higher and the batter will burn before the inside gets a chance to cook fully.

Are Muffins Better With Oil Or Butter?

This depends on the muffin itself and your preferences. I personally like to make cakes and muffins with butter, and brownies with oil. Brownies are dense and can handle oil, whereas cakes and muffins are tender and delicate, which I believe calls for butter. 

freshly baked banana bread muffins in a tray

Banana Bread Muffins Recipe

Looking for the perfect grab and go breakfast or snack ideas?  These banana bread muffins are a delicious, moist, sweet muffin with the perfect amount of banana flavor, topped with a glorious sugar crumb topping.
4.41 from 10 votes
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Course: Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: banana bread muffins
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 12
Calories: 147kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cup all purpose flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 3 mashed bananas
  • 1 egg
  • ⅓ cup melted butter
  • ¾ cup white sugar

Brown Sugar Topping

  • 2 tbsp all purpose flour
  • ⅛ tsp cinnamon
  • ⅓ cup brown sugar packed
  • 1 tbsp butter

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease muffin tin with oil.
  • In a bowl or stand mixer beat together bananas, egg, melted butter, and sugar.
    sliced bananas in a bowl with other muffin ingredients
  • In a separate bowl mix together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda together
    Mixing banana bread muffins ingredients
  • Slowly add your flour mix into your banana mix. Mix until combined and then spoon into prepared muffin tin.
    Adding dry mix to wet banana bread mix
  • In a small bowl add flour, cinnamon, brown sugar, and slightly softened butter. Use a fork to mix together. It should end up looking like crumbles. Add these on top of your muffins before baking.
    Banana bread crumble topping
  • Bake for 17-19 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean after being inserted into the muffin.

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Notes

  • To help ripen bananas that are not quite brown enough, place them in a brown paper bag and close loosely.
  • You can also brown bananas by placing them on a baking sheet and putting them in an oven at 300 degrees for 40 minutes. Once the skin is black, they are browned and ready to be used in this banana bread muffin recipe.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 147kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 217mg | Potassium: 71mg | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 50IU | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 0.9mg

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  • Apple Pie Bites are an amazing treat that is also great for breakfast or an after-school snack!
  • If you love muffins as much as my family does, try out this Bite-Size Peanut Butter Muffins recipe!
Three freshly baked banana bread muffins
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  1. Jill

    March 02, 2021 at 8:51 pm

    Question - I froze some overripe bananas. Do you know the approximate weight of the bananas you used?

    Reply
    • Jenny Melrose

      March 07, 2021 at 10:49 am

      Hi Jill, the recipe calls for 3 bananas total. I'm not sure of the weight but 3 medium-sized bananas should do fine. Thanks!

      Reply
      • Mary

        September 15, 2021 at 12:26 pm

        What size bananas. The ones I have are big. Will it matter?

        Reply
        • Jenny

          September 16, 2021 at 11:18 pm

          Hi Mary! Without knowing the exact size of your bananas, let's just assume I typically use "medium" sized bananas. So if yours are really big just cut back a little. But it's hard to go wrong even if it's too many bananas- these muffins always turn out great no matter what I do!

          Reply
  2. margaret tucker

    January 28, 2021 at 11:37 am

    can include walnuts in this recipe

    Reply
    • Jenny Melrose

      January 29, 2021 at 11:06 pm

      Sure! Why not? I am allergic to nuts so I don't do it personally but please try it and let me know how it turns out

      Reply
  3. linda masolini

    July 17, 2020 at 12:37 am

    THE BEST!

    Reply
    • Jenny Melrose

      July 18, 2020 at 2:49 am

      Awww thanks so much! So good to hear it.

      Reply
  4. Susan Moerke

    March 27, 2020 at 12:54 pm

    5 stars
    The Best I’ve made! Light and fluffy. And easy

    Reply
    • Jenny Melrose

      March 28, 2020 at 11:30 pm

      Sooooooo glad you like them Susan! Now is the PERFECT time to be baking these with the family.

      Reply
  5. Andrea

    March 26, 2020 at 11:57 pm

    5 stars
    Excellent recipe, they came out just right! Thank you

    Reply
    • Jenny Melrose

      March 28, 2020 at 11:30 pm

      Thanks for the great review Andrea! They are my fave too!

      Reply
  6. Kimadams

    January 18, 2020 at 11:09 pm

    5 stars
    I found this recipe avout a year ago and I make them every few weeks for my husband. They are his favorite! Absolutely delicious.

    Reply
    • Jenny Melrose

      February 02, 2020 at 4:09 am

      Oh thank you Kim! So glad to hear it! This brings a smile to my face.

      Reply
  7. Louise korin

    November 06, 2018 at 3:08 am

    I made the banana bread muffins and they are absolutely delicious. One question... can I turn this recipe into a loaf instead of muffins?

    Thanks

    Louise

    Reply
    • Jenny Melrose

      April 04, 2019 at 2:34 pm

      Absolutely! Just use a bread pan instead of a muffin pan. Or check out this recipe we if you want some ideas: https://thenymelrosefamily.com/banana-snack-cake/

      Reply
  8. Bethany

    November 17, 2017 at 6:39 am

    Made these yesterday and they were so delicious! Thanks!

    Reply
    • Allie

      November 17, 2019 at 1:50 pm

      Made these the other week, big hit in our house! Might just be my new go-to recipe. Thank you!

      Reply
      • Jenny Melrose

        November 17, 2019 at 1:50 pm

        Thanks so much for the kind words Allie! Glad you guys liked them!

        Reply
  9. Barb

    November 11, 2017 at 2:03 pm

    I feel the recipe should have a distinction between muffin ingredients and the ingredients for the toppings as my child was making the recipe and was going to mistake the bottom of your list for the muffin mix.

    Reply
  10. SYLVAIN COLLIN

    September 30, 2017 at 12:45 pm

    Here's my result of my very first time cooking muffins. I noticed I was missing a step, and it was putting the brown sugar on top. I was going to post a pic, but doing it this way, it won't let me. The butter was added in the mix instead of on top... Ouppsssss They are excellent.

    Reply
  11. Melanie Molzahn

    July 20, 2017 at 2:14 pm

    Just made these muffins this morning. They turned out delicious!

    Reply
  12. Anna

    August 10, 2016 at 2:56 am

    5 stars
    I'm baking these now. Thanks for the recipe, much easier to follow than some of the others that I have found. I used brown sugar instead of white sugar, so fingers crossed they turn out okay.

    Reply
  13. Gale Reed

    August 09, 2016 at 9:36 pm

    This recipe that was shared from another site is very similar to a recipe I remade 2 days ago which came from another site. It's our favorite banana muffin recipe. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/17652/banana-crumb-muffins/

    Reply

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