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Easy and healthy banana nut muffins made of ripe bananas and chopped walnuts. This is the best banana nut muffin recipe from scratch, so moist and delicious!
The Best Banana Nut Muffins Recipe
These banana nut muffins from scratch are super moist, buttery and delicious.
Every bite is loaded with sweet and ripe bananas, with the nutty crunch and flavors of chopped walnuts.
The recipe is so easy and fail proof. If you are learning baking recipes, you are guaranteed to have success!
Check out my Banana Cake for more delicious banana recipes!
Recipe Ingredients
This easy recipe calls for simple ingredients below:
- Overripe bananas
- Flour
- Unsalted butter
- Baking soda
- Vanilla extract
- Walnuts
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
How To Make Banana Nut Muffins
Preheat your oven to 375°F (190°C). Grease 15 cups across two standard muffin pans to prevent sticking.
In a small bowl, mash 2 of the bananas with a fork, leaving a bit of texture for added richness. Set aside.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, melted butter, eggs, sugar, baking soda, salt, vanilla extract, sour cream or yogurt, and the remaining 2 whole bananas. Beat with an electric mixer for about 3 minutes, or until the mixture is smooth and well combined.
Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in the chopped walnuts and the mashed bananas until just combined. Don’t overmix—this keeps the muffins tender.
Use an ice cream scoop or spoon to divide the batter evenly among the 15 prepared muffin cups. Fill each about 3/4 full.
Bake for 18–20 minutes, or until the muffin tops are golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you eat them in moderation, these muffins make a healthy breakfast.
Having one of these muffins provides vitamin E, iron, vitamin B, omega-3 fatty acids and essential minerals.
The muffins probably rose too fast and then sank after baking.
Please make sure you add the correct quantities for each ingredient.
Additionally, don’t over mix the batter or else too much air will release, causing the muffins to be dense.
For the best results, always use a scale to weight ingredients for baking.
Each banana nut muffin is only 259 calories.
What To Serve With This Recipe
Muffins are best served as breakfast or a snack. For a wholesome tea party, I recommend the following recipes.
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Banana Nut Muffins
Ingredients
- 4 bananas, overripe, peeled, divided
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons sour cream , or yogurt
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Grease 15 cups in two regular muffin pans.
- Mash 2 of the bananas with a fork in a small bowl, leaving some texture. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, butter, eggs, sugar, baking soda, salt, vanilla extract, sour cream or yogurt, and the remaining 2 bananas. Beat the ingredients with an electric mixer for 3 minutes, or until well combined.
- Fold in the chopped walnuts and the mashed bananas with a rubber spatula.
- Spoon the batter into each cup using an ice cream scoop or a spoon. This recipe yields 15 muffins.
- Bake the banana nut muffins for 18-20 minutes, or until the tops turn golden brown.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Hi ,
My muffins turn up to be very dense. I used frozen bananas , which may not be very thoroughly thawed. Do you think that could be the reason ?
Yeah, the bananas should be properly mashed.
Can I reduce the temperature to 180 instead of 190?
Thank u :)
Should be OK but need to bake longer.
i noticed you didn’t line the muffin cups with paper, does it make a difference? with or without muffin paper?
You don’t need paper but you can line with paper cups if you want.
This was absolutely wonderful. Made it exactly as written. Thanks for the recipe!
Hi Mary, thanks for trying the recipe. Please try more recipes on my site: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
what if i have only salted butter?Any modifications?
Skip salt.
You can also add dried cranberries – very good…..
You can use self raising flour.
I do add baking soda.
Yummy, sounds good!
there are other recipes that use cooking oil as part of banana muffin recipe.. what is the difference? is it replace the butter?
Yes, you can use oil to bake but I don’t know the exact replacement quantity for this recipe.
Hi,
Can I use vanilla essence and chocolate chip instead? Thanks.
Yes.
Hi, can I use cake flour for this instead of all purpose flour?
Yes it should be fine.
Hi, can I use Self Raising Flour instead? As I don’t have the baking soda at home.
Thanks
Yes I think it should be fine.
Very moist and fluffy. We enjoyed them very much!!
Just to let you know, salt is listed in the ingredients, but not in the recipe. I think that was just an oversight, but wanted to make sure you knew. I have shared this recipe with my sisters and Mom. I really enjoyed it!
Hi Shelly, awesome thanks for trying this banana nut muffins.
What different the measurement cup US n Malaysia