These Best Ever Banana Muffins are exactly that – the best banana muffins you’ll ever make! I’ve made these muffins hundreds of times because they’re easy to make, they call for simple ingredients, and they turn out perfectly every single time: crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside. Trust me, this will quickly become your favourite banana muffin recipe!
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I have such fond memories of these muffins from when I was a child. My mom has a recipe book called Muffin Mania (it was published in 1982, which explains the name) dedicated solely to muffins and the page with this recipe on it is stained and weathered and almost illegible. My copy of the recipe is in similar condition. That should tell you just how good these banana muffins are!!
We have 4 banana lovers in our house and we go through at least 3 bunches a week…sometimes 4, so there are weeks when I actually have to hide bananas from my husband and kids in order to let them ripen enough to make muffins with. But it is so so worth it!
These Best Ever Banana Muffins are easy enough to make with your kids (trust me, I make these with my 2 year old and 4 year old at least once per week) and they come together quickly and simply and the end product is absolutely fantastic!
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Feel free to add chocolate chips to these Best Ever Banana Muffins, if you want, but they’re so good on their own they don’t even need chocolate. You could also add nuts or dried fruit if you like, but when it comes to these muffins I’m a purist…I love them just the way they are!
I hope you enjoy this recipe for the Best Ever Banana Muffins!! They won’t disappoint!! Let me know in the comments below, what’s your favourite muffin recipe? I’d love to know!
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Best Ever Banana Muffins
Recipe: Ingredients
- 3 ripe bananas
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup oil vegetable oil is best
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
Recipe: Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line your muffin tin with 12 paper muffin cups.
- In a large mixing bowl, mash the bananas with a fork until no large pieces remain.
- Add the sugar, egg and oil and mix with a wooden spoon until everything is incorporated.
- Measure the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt on top of the wet ingredients and stir them gently with a fork.
- Using a wooden spoon, carefully mix the wet and the dry ingredients together. The danger here is over-mixing which will result in dense, flat and dry muffins. The best technique for mixing is to scoop underneath the mixture and pull up gently instead of stirring around in a circle (like you’d stir your coffee, for example). Continue mixing this way just until the dry ingredients have been incorporated. It’s fine if there are a few small streaks of flour in the batter; it’s the large pockets of flour you want to make sure are incorporated.
- Spoon the batter into 12 lined muffin cups. Try your best to ensure you fill the cups evenly. This will ensure each of the muffins is finished baking at the same time (you don’t want some over-baked and some raw in the middle!)
- Bake the muffins in the oven at 350 degrees for about 23 minutes (anywhere from 22-25 minutes, depending on your oven), or until they are golden brown.
- Let them cool in the tins for about 5 minutes and then turn them out of the tins to let them cool completely on a cooling rack. Or, enjoy one warm from the oven slathered in butter.
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This is my go to banana muffin recipe. My family absolutely loves them and they turn out perfect every single time. I will often add chocolate chips and walnuts or pecans. DELICIOUS!
So glad you loved them! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment 🙂
Your banana muffins are excellent!
Thanks so much!! Glad you like them! 🙂
I usually never comment, but this recipe is wonderful. My family really enjoyed it! It’s so moist and soft. I totally recommend it to everyone.
I howeevr, Made banana bread instead, and had it in the oven for an extra 10 minutes. Came out beautiful.
Thank you very much for sharing this recipe !
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Made these muffins this evening and they were wonderful. Thanks for sharing
Thanks so much for letting us know! Glad you liked them!! 🙂
Seriously the best banana muffin recipe I’ve ever made. I got 14 out of the recipe but it’s because my muffin tin is a little on the small side. Awesome recipe, thank you!
So glad you loved it! 🙂
I have done my muffins today. They’re very good! One just have to be careful not to overbake them because they’ll get dried (yup, that was my mistake – 3 minutes too long – but the second round was already perfect, spongy and perfectly moist).
So happy to hear you got the second batch perfect! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!😁
I cut down on the sugar – 1/2c and added a little pure maple syrup. Also, added 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon. Liked that these muffins didn’t taste too sweet….Will make again!
So glad you liked the recipe! 🙂
My sister gave Muffin Mania to my Mom years ago too when muffins became really popular for home baking. I took photo copies of some of my favourites when I got married in ‘91 to make in my own home. I still have the copy I made of this one all spattered and brown with its partner beside it Banana Oatmeal which was another winner. Pull it out all the time😊
Thanks for your comment, Helen!😊
Thank you for the recipe! I can’t wait to try these!
You’re welcome! Let me know how you like them!
I halved the recipe since I only had 1 bananaa, but still used a whole egg. I used 1/4 cup Splenda instead of sugar, and added a little ground ginger and cinnamon. The kicker was that I put a thick fig jam in the middle that had chunks of fig, and they were amazing!!!
So happy they turned out good!!😊
Thank you so much for the simplest and tastiest recipe for banana muffins I have ever made. I should add, I’ve been baking banana muffins for over 50 years now.
So glad you like them as much as we do!
Hi, the recipe looks great! Can i ask how much grams of bananas were used?
There’s no need to measure by grams. Simply 3 medium bananas is enough 🙂
These are so good! I doubled the recipe and only used 1 cup of sugar instead of 1 1/2. Half of the batch I mixed with dried blueberries and almonds. They baked really well and tastes really good
So glad you liked them!
My “go-to” muffin recipe! They turn out perfectly every time.
Thanks! It’s our go-to recipe to! 🙂
The dozen muffins turned out very well! Of course, I did have a taste test before I take them to work. They’re delicious! Thank you for the recipe.
So glad you enjoyed them!! Thanks for the positive feedback! 🙂
I made these with gluten free all purpose flour and they are amazing! Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
These actually ARE the best banana muffins! I also cut the sugar by 1/4 cup as per another reader’s comment. Easy recipe and great tip about combining wet and dry ingredients to make sure they’re just incorporated. So light and fluffy inside with a thin, crispy outside. Perfection! Thanks for sharing!
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My two year old and I have made these almost every week for a few months. Anytime I have tried a different recipe I have regretted it. Along with Martha Stewart’s pancake recipe, this is one I keep going back to. The only sub I make is to use extra virgin olive oil because it’s all we use. We all love these muffins!
So glad you enjoyed this recipe so much! Thanks for the positive feedback! 🙂
I love to bake and I had surplus of bananas. I found your recipe via Pinterest and I just made a dozen muffins. My hubby will be enjoying these!! I even snuck a wee taste of the batter off my spoon…oh devine! These are perfect! Thanks for sharing the recipe!! It’s a keeper. 🙂
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I made this recipe today and but I double the recipe added shredded coconut and coconut oil instead of the vegetable oil and replace one cup of flour with one cup of ground oats ,didn’t double the salt because I thought it would be too much so I used three-quarters tsp, it came out perfect, they’re yummy, will definitely make again for my grand kids
So glad you enjoy this recipe! Thanks for letting us know Liz! 🙂
I’ve made these at least three times and they are always amazing and delicious! Thank you for this recipe!
So glad you like them!!