These Best Ever Banana Nut Muffins are the BEST banana muffins you’ll ever make, with a delicious and sweet walnut topping! They’re crispy on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside, and they turn out perfectly every single time! 
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If you’ve been a follower of The Busy Baker for any length of time you’ll already know how much I LOVE to bake muffins. They’re one of my favourite things to bake because they’re quick and easy to make with a delicious pay-off. I mean, who doesn’t love a muffin fresh out of the oven?? Especially one of these Best Ever Banana Nut Muffins!!?
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How is a muffin different than a cupcake?
Well, other than the obvious – the big mountain of frosting on top! – muffins are usually made with a simple batter containing vegetable oil, making them softer and less sturdy than a cupcake made from a traditional butter-based cake batter. Muffins should be light and fluffy, and replacing some of the sugar and oil with applesauce, for example, won’t change the outcome too much. You’ll still be left with a delicious fluffy muffin, minus some of the fat and calories! 
How to make the BEST Banana Nut Muffins:
- Don’t overmix the batter! This is my TOP TIP for the perfect fluffy muffins! If you’re left with muffins that are closer in texture to hockey pucks, it’s almost certainly because you mixed the batter too vigorously and for too long. Be gentle with the batter once you add the dry ingredients and stir only until the flour just barely disappears. Use a wooden spoon and mix by hand to avoid over-mixing. Making muffins with a stand mixer or a hand mixer almost ALWAYS ensures you’ll over-mix, so making them by hand is the way to go!!
- Bake quickly! The leavening agent in muffins is usually baking powder (sometimes with baking soda), which acts quickly as soon as the liquid and dry ingredients come together. To get fluffy muffins with the nice dome shape on top, get them in the oven as fast as you can after mixing.
- Add the sweet walnut topping! Mix the walnuts together with the brown sugar and butter for the perfect crunchy nut topping!
- Let them cool! No one likes a gummy muffin that’s underdone on the inside. Let the muffins cool until they’re almost room temperature before digging in, since they continue baking on the inside even after they’ve been removed from the oven.
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Best Ever Banana Nut Muffins
Recipe: Ingredients
For the muffins
- 3 large ripe bananas
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
- 3/4 cups chopped walnuts
For the topping
- 3/4 cups chopped walnuts
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
Recipe: Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and prepare a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners (or grease very well with butter or cooking spray if you prefer not to use paper liners).
- Mash the bananas in a large bowl and mix in the sugar and egg with a wooden spoon until well blended.
- Add the vegetable oil and mix well.
- Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg, along with 3/4 cup of the chopped walnuts. Adding the walnuts with the dry ingredients helps prevent over-mixing.
- Mix everything together just until the flour disappears and the walnuts are distributed evenly throughout the batter.
- In a small bowl, combine the remaining 3/4 cup walnuts, brown sugar and melted butter and mix until the walnuts are coated.
- Spoon the muffin batter evenly into the 12 muffin cups and spoon a bit of the coated walnuts onto the top of each one, making sure the topping is well distributed onto the top of each muffin (not in one big clump or it might sink into the muffin as it bakes!).
- Bake for about 20-23 minutes, or until the muffins are golden brown on top and a toothpick inserted into the center of one of the muffins comes out clean.
- Let the muffins cool in their tins for a few minutes before removing them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Recipe: Notes
Recipe: Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
This is a fabulous recipe. I doubled the recipe and cut the sugar putting 1 cup for a doubled recipe. They are so good.
We’re so glad you liked them!
The title of this recipe is 100% accurate. It is the best ever banana muffin recipe ever! The only change I made is the nuts on top, I prefer pecans. I have made this a few times now and it never disappoints. The muffins never last long.
I made these with whole wheat and spelt flour, and half the amount of sugar. They were sensational. Thank you. 🙏
So glad you enjoyed the muffins! (I often use half spelt flour, too 😉 )
These were delicious! I used almonds instead of walnuts because that’s what I had and I added mini semi sweet chocolate chips and this is by far the most delicious banana muffins/bread I’ve ever made! The topping makes a big difference, it adds so much!
The best! These are amazingly delicious. Had to substitute pumpkin pie spice for the cinnamon this time around but followed everything else perfectly. Will be saving and only using this recipe for our banana nut muffins! Thank you so much!
I have made these muffins many times now. So simple to make and very delicious. Thanks for the recipe!
will you send me a free recipe book email if you can. i am 13 years old and trying to cook and bake more often and inprove my skills
Hey Wren, thanks so much for your comment. We love to see teens getting into cooking and baking 😊 Please send an email to contact@thebusybaker.ca and our team will send you some!
I thought “oh it’s best ever”. We’ll see. Guess what? It absolutely is the very best banana nut muffin recipe I’ve ever had!! I did tweak it a bit. I added vanilla, only 2 over ripe bananas and I added a tablespoon or so of flour to the doubled topping recipe. Perfection!! So moist and delicious
We’re so glad you you agree! Thanks for trying them, Jacqueline.
This truly is the best banana nut recipe! I substituted pecans for walnuts and was not disappointed. My whole family loved them!
That’s a delicious substitution to make!
Just baked these muffins and they came out perfect, the only thing I did different was to add cinnamon to the topping mixture, foolproof recipe, thank you!!
Can these be made with large muffin tins? And large paper liners? I’d think I’d need to increase the time for baking a little bit but what are your thoughts??
Yes, you can! As you noted, just increase your baking time slightly, watch them carefully (especially the first time), and use the toothpick test (when it comes out clean, they are done!).
The best muffins I have baked so far, really light and fluffy
I made these this morning. Very easy. Very good.
Thanks for trying the recipe, Rosalie! We’re glad you liked them 🙂
Turned out great! I add banana after the rest of wet ingredients. Added chocolate chips and then browned the butter
We’re so glad you liked them – your additions sound delicious 🙂
Thank you for this recipe! Needed a easy, yummy 😋 and fun breakfast an your recipe did just that! Have them in the oven again as I’m posting this message 🤗.
Too bad it looks like you are deleting non 4 or 5 stars. There is no way a recipe hits everyone’s mark. I would like to hear people’s opinions on what they didn’t like about a recipe
Hi S! We definitely aren’t deleting lower star rankings. This recipe happens to be one of most popular recipes, for many years running. Please give it a try and let us know what you think!
Delicious! I only had two bananas so I just multiplied all the ingredients by 2/3s (except the egg because I’m not breaking out the scale for one egg) and it came out perfect! I also added a half teaspoon of cardamom, because it’s my favorite – went perfectly with the rest of the spices.
Thanks for your feedback, Julian!
Loved this recipe
Looks yummy! Thanks for taking the time to leave your feedback!
I’m glad I saved a couple of muffins for myself. Brought them to a brunch and they were gobbled up in a blink!
Ahahah, always a good idea to save some! Thanks for your feedback, Andrew!
Most delicious soft and wholesome muffin recipe ever! My kids love it!
We’re so happy to hear that! Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback.