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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Recipe: Nutrition
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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 🙂
Gonna be my second time making these. I went ahead and added the controversial chopped walnuts 🤞
I. Love. These. Muffins.
I find your instructions vs your video tutorial contradictory though😬
I’ve just followed the written instructions 👌
I’m so happy you enjoyed them! Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback!
Easy and delicious 😋
I’m so happy you enjoyed them! Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback!
Best banana muffins I’ve ever had. My kiddos can’t get enough! Thank you for sharing the recipe.
I’m so happy you and your family enjoyed them! Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback!
I’m a professional pastry chef- I never leave reviews. This is one of the best banana recipes- light and fluffy. I do not agree with many above that it is to sweet. I think it is the perfect balance. Made a perfect 12 filled 3/4 of the way full each muffin cup. I topped mine with a crumb topping! I love trying new recipes then my safe standards. This was super easy no mixer needed and my 4yo helped.
I’m so glad you enjoyed them and found them simple to make!! 🙂
These muffins are amazing!! Can I use the recipe and bake in a loaf pan instead of muffin pan?
If you want to make banana bread check out this recipe (https://thebusybaker.ca/best-ever-chocolate-chip-banana-bread/). For a more similar result to the muffins, you could leave the chocolate chips out. Happy baking!
These are really easy and taste amazing! With the 3 ripe bananas, I also added 5 diced fresh strawberries, substituted the oil w/unsweetened green apple applesauce since I had it on hand and used 1/2 cup sugar instead of 3/4 cup because I added strawberries. Very yummy!!
I love that addition Cherri! Thanks so much for your positive feedback on the recipe!
Amazing! made them two days in a row! added a dash of vanilla a teaspoon of cinnamon and cut the sugar down to half cup on the second day and it was still delicious!!! <3
Thanks so much for letting us know! Glad you liked them!!🙂
These are hands down the BEST TASTING and EASIEST banana muffins I have ever made! (I reduced the sugar to 1/2 c.) No more banana bread for me – these will be my go to for anything banana (except banana pudding, of course) from now on. Thank you so much!
You’re welcome Donna! We agree 😉 Thanks!
These are super amazing!!! So much easy too. Love them. Love to you from kids and myself too ❤️
Thanks so much for your feedback! Really glad you love the recipe!🙂
Delicious!
Thanks so much Ewa!!
This is truly Best Ever muffin I had baked! Muffins are soft and tasty though sugar was reduced to about 90g. Family loves it! Thank you for the BEST EVER MUFFIN recipe!
Thanks so much for letting us know Gigi! Glad you liked them!!
Enjoyed this reciepe. I had 3 overripe bananas. I cut the sugar down to 1/3. Kept everything else the same. Baked 12 full muffins for 22mins. And omg! Came out perfect. Of course I added walnuts and chocolate chips. Very fluffy and perfect amount of sweetness. This reciepe is very forgiving. Thank you!
Hi Alison! So glad you enjoyed the recipe! Thanks for the positive feedback!
Loved this recipe! Made 12 perfect muffins, so moist and good. I added some cinnamon, chocolate chips and substituted 1/2 cup of flour to whole-wheat flour, for a bit of grain to it. Turned out great! would make again 🙂
Thanks Annab!!🙂
Love the look of these!!! In reality they are very dense and need more moisture! I added 1/3 cup of milk to loosen the mixture and worked like a charm. Thank you for the beautiful photos…
Just ate one of these soft, sweet, warm delicious muffins with a hot cup of coffee….so yummy and easy! And the smell in my house should rouse everyone shortly! Thanks for the great recipe!
You’re welcome Jenny!!🙂
These came out great!!! One of the best and simple banana muffin recipes I’ve found on the internet. They were so fluffy and delicious!
Thank you for your feedback! I’m glad you enjoyed them ☺️ I’m always posting new muffin recipes so stay tunned
Love this recipe!
Thanks Rita!!
Can I use gluten free flour instead of all purpose flour?
Yes, although I don’t bake with gluten-free flour so I can’t comment on exactly how it would work. I’d suggest using a gluten-free flour that performs similarly to all purpose flour.
My wife and I had the Muffin Mania cookbook that this recipe came from. After 23 years of marriage we divorced. I got the dog and she got the cookbook. I looked all over for this recipe as well as the crunchy bran muffins that were my favorite. I finally found both of them! (The recipes, not the wife and the dog).
You’re hilarious Al! Glad you like the recipe and thank you so much for taking the time to comment!
I’ve made these multiple times and Everytime they turn out delicious! The original recipe is amazing but sometimes I will add half the amount of sugar and add cinnamon and a little vanilla extract and they are so good. I usually make mini muffins because my toddler is obsessed.
I’m so glad you like it! Sometimes I add a little cinnamon too and my kids love it! Happy baking ☺️