These heavenly banana bread muffins are so moist, so sweet, so delicious, and so easy to make! With just a handful of ripe (overripe even better!) bananas and a few simple pantry-friendly ingredients, these delectable treats are perfect to enjoy any day of the week.
Those bananas are just sitting there, on the counter, getting more spotted and speckled as the days go by. As usual, you bought a bunch, ate a few, and have several left and now they’re a little past the point of packing them in tomorrow’s lunch. But don’t worry, behind those freckled peels, there’s sweet gold. Those bananas are perfect for banana bread muffins!
What are Banana Bread Muffins?
We basically take the same recipe for banana bread and instead of making them into a loaf to slice, we place the batter in paper lined muffin tins and make the most delicious, moist muffins. Perfect for an on-the-go treat, a quick breakfast, or even as a dessert after a big meal.
Equipment Needed
- Muffin tin (12 standard sized muffins)
- Paper muffin liners
- 2 bowls
- Potato masher and/or wooden spoon
Ingredients
Naturally we start with bananas. Over-ripe bananas to be more specific. You see, as bananas ripen, and subsequently over-ripen, there’s a whole process inside happening where the natural starch is being converted to sugar. That’s why over-ripe bananas are so sweet, and so perfect for using in recipes such as this. So you want to use bananas that might not be so attractive on the outside.
Chopped walnuts add the perfect crunch to our muffins. The rest of our ingredients are probably sitting in your pantry or cupboard right now: flour, sugar, vegetable oil, 1 egg, baking soda and vanilla extract. See? It doesn’t get any more simple and basic than that. Another reason why I love this recipe so much!
Preparation
Peel those bananas and place them in a medium sized bowl. Use a potato masher or wooden spoon and start mashing them up. You’ll find they smoosh up pretty well and quickly. No need to use a mixer or anything like that. Just smash them up as best you can. Now add in the oil, egg and vanilla extract and keep mixing by hand. Make sure the egg is broken up and all the ingredients come together nicely.
In another medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda. Once it’s all whisked together add it to the bowl with the bananas and stir it all for a minute or so to make the batter. Finally, add the chopped walnuts and stir those in as well. Your batter is now ready!
Line a muffin tin with paper muffin cups. Spoon the batter into each cup, filling about ¾ of the way.
Bake
Now your banana bread muffins are ready to bake. Place the muffin tin into a preheated oven at 375°(F) and bake for 18-22 minutes. They’ll get nice and golden on top. To check for doneness, poke a toothpick in the middle of a muffin. If it comes out clean, your muffins are done! If there’s some wet batter on it, continue baking another couple of minutes before testing again.
Recipe

Moist and Easy Banana Bread Muffins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 1 dozen
Description
These heavenly banana bread muffins are so moist and melt-in-your-mouth delicious! An easy recipe with all pantry-friendly ingredients.
Ingredients
- 3 ripe bananas
- 1 ½ cups flour, all-purpose
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375° F. Line a muffin tin with 12 paper muffin cups.
- In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, and baking soda. In another bowl, mash bananas, add egg, oil and vanilla extract. Mix well and then add to bowl with dry ingredients and nuts. Mix by hand until all ingredients are incorporated.
- Spoon batter into muffin cups, about ¾ way full each. Bake at 375° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Let cool a few minutes before enjoying.
Notes
Add ½ – 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon for even more delicious flavor
Add ½ cup of chocolate chips if desired
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Kathy Klingenberg
Great recipe except that salt was omitted. I added 1/2 t salt, 1/2 teas nutmeg and 1 teas cinnamon.
★★★★
Marie
Loved this recipe! Only had 2 bananas on hand which worked fine!
Megan B
Easy and tasty!
★★★★★
M.
Delicious! Added chocolate chips and sprinkled oats on top. ‘Will make again. 🙂
★★★★★
Pammill
I had a few small extra bananas, so I used them and reduced the sugar by 2 Tbsp. Super delicious and moist! This is the first time I’ve used oil instead of butter. This recipe is going in my file.
Shelia Winsley
This recipe was just perfect for me. I made these and my sister said they tasted like my grandma’s banana bread. That made me feel GREAT! Thanks!
★★★★★
RecipeTeacher
You just made my day, Shelia. Thank you!
Danielle
These are amazing! My kids help me make them every time we have overripe bananas. Yum!
★★★★★
RecipeTeacher
Awesome! Glad you guys like them, Danielle!
Sis
These turned out perfect! So moist and perfect amount of everything! My boyfriend LOVED these!!!
★★★★★
Carmaine
Made these today & even added an extra banana & followed your recipe religiously & can’t figure out why yours look so runny compared to mine. Can you explain please? I have a pic of mine before they went in the oven.
Dee
Great recipe. I’m going to delete all the others. I used a few extra bananas.
RecipeTeacher
Thanks you so much, Dee!! I love these too!
RecipeTeacher
Ugh you’re right! Thanks, Megan. The correction has been made.