This is a recipe for the easiest and best Banana Muffins I have ever tasted. They are also 100% “fool-proof” which makes them all that much better! With only 8 ingredients, I am sure you’ll agree these are super easy, and in all probability, you have everything in your pantry, ready to make them. See for yourself in the feedback! They are extremely easy, and great tasting!
Banana Muffins
3 or 4 Large bananas, mashed (the more bananas the moister, so I use 4)
1/2 cup white sugar (original recipe calls for 1 cup, but I don’t like them too sweet)
1 slightly beaten egg
1/3 cup melted margarine or butter
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups flour
Mix the mashed banana, sugar, egg and margarine together. Set aside. In a separate bowl, mix together baking soda, baking powder, salt and flour. Mix wet and dry ingredients all together, being careful not to over-stir! Pour into greased muffin tins, and bake in 350 degrees oven for approximately 20 minutes. Enjoy!
*These are much more flavourful the next day, and they freeze very nicely too!
*Also, if you like walnuts, you can throw a handful of those in there as well for some added flavour and texture, or try adding chocolate chips, or better yet, BOTH! Yum 
UPDATE: If you like these banana muffins, try my Carrot Cake Recipe (they can also be made into muffins!) Delish!
YET ANOTHER *UPDATE*: I just tried substituting 1 - 28 ounce can of mashed pumpkin in place of the bananas, doubled the recipe, increased the sugar slightly, added a tsp. of cinnamon, 1 1/2 Cups of raisins and voila, super Pumpkin Muffins!!! Wow, are these ever good!
Take a look at the comments on this recipe, and see for yourself…you will not be disappointed!
I love these banana muffins! They’re the best.
I recently made this recipe, actually. Found it (with only slight modification) on allrecipes.com … EXCELLENT recipe. And it worked perfectly for all of my almost beyond their time bananas!
PS. To add a little health to it, I crushed up about a 1/2 cup of wheat chex (since i don’t have any oat bran … blech) and it added a little “crunch” which mixed well with some butter when they’re warm. Yum.
I’m so baking these with the girls this weekend.
The best thing is how *easy* they really are! I’ve made this recipe countless times, and I have never had a problem, they’re always great. They also freeze really well, so I often double the recipe, and put most of them in the freezer.
I also forgot to mention in the recipe, the riper the bananas, the better!
This seems really easy. Goint to try them out right now !
these were really really good! awsome recipe. sooo moist and yummy! defineatly going to be my regular recipe from now on.
I used this recipe several times and it comes out the same every time. Recently I did not have any bananas and my
husband asked for his favorite banana muffins so I decided
to try it with apples. I peeled, cored and sliced 6 apples
and sauteed them in 1/2 cup of condensed apple juice (I often use condensed apple juice as sweetener in recipies -
apple juice boiled down to at least 1/2 the volume). I
used the sauteed apples just as I would have bananas and
the recipe came out perfect. My husband asked me why I
changed a perfect recipe and then he had to agree that these
apple muffins were just as perfect and delicious as the banana ones.
Rosemarie
Just stumbled upon this recipe this morning, as I had a few brown bananas looking rather sad and unused. Took me all of 10 minutes to prepare, including clean-up time. 20 minutes later, I had some light and fluffy muffins that the whole family loved. Thanks!
This is my FAVORITE recipe for banana muffins and sometimes I throw in a few chocolate chips….yummy!
I only wish I could take full credit for the recipe! I altered it *slightly* from the original one by reducing the sugar, and I use 4 bananas instead of 3 as they come out so moist that way…it sure is great though, isn’t it?!?
~Cat
I just sampled one of the mini muffins straight from the oven…Yum!
I wasn’t sure what the count was or how high to fill the tins, but I doubled the batch and it made 18 reg/lrg ones plus 12 minis (the babies love ‘em small)
Also, my son is allergic to eggs, so I substituted enerG egg replacer for the eggs. These are delish!! Thanks for the recipe!
I am a terrible cook but these muffins were so easy to make that I’ve made them twice and they were delicious. I bet Liam adores them!
I am making these muffins tonight because I have a swarm of flies gathering ready to riot over my bowl of bananas. I have been searching for an easy to make and bake recipe that my family will enjoy for breakfast. this is the one.
sorry just want to know what flour is used. is it self raising?
Thank you for this recipe, my son love it.
I made it all the time.
Thanks
730 on a saturday night, felt like the perfect night to bake! Looking at some banana’s that needed using I found this recipe and am about to go make these muffins right now! So simple and can make with things that I already have in the kitchen! GREAT! =)
this recipe didnt work so i was sad and i did everything right
I wonder what went wrong…they are soooo easy!!!
I was going to make some banana bread with the recipe I already had, but thought I’d try to make muffins instead. The recipe seems almost too easy for it to be good, but the responses to this recipe make it sound promising…so it’s worth a try.
I don’t think you will be disappointed Glenda
I’m going to branch out and find a recipe for some different Banana bread tomorrow…I have some rather sad looking bananas in the fruit bowl! Care to share yours?
I just found and just made this recipe this morning. I didn’t have butter or margarine; I substituted oil. I used less flour, so I could add a bit of oatbran and flax meal. This is a great recipe - definitely a keeper!
Me and my Mom are going to try this recipe,hope it’s good!:-)
I’m going to make these for my grandson’s morning birthday party. How many regular sized muffins does one batch make?
oops….I wanted to reply sooner and let you know how the muffins turned out but completely forgot…Anyways, the muffins came out great. I added a little more sugar than the recipe called for only because my bananas were a couple days shy of being perfect for cooking (but I was too excited to wait). My husband was completely surprised when he got home and the first thing out of his mouth after eating a muffin was “I knew there was a reason why I married you”. I am definitely going to keep this recipe, I have a place for it in my “favorite recipe” book where I put all the other awesome recipes I find. Oh yeah, because I have such a sweet tooth I even took some walnuts, toasted them and mixed it in with some fluffy white cake frosting and lightly frosted a few muffins just to experiment…needless to say, my husband ate all those first.
Just making these at the moment, took me 5 mins to prepare! In response to Liz, the flour is plain flour because the baking powder will make it rise - I think you could substitute the plain flour and baking powder for self-raising flour though, and maybe lessen the baking soda. Hope this makes sense and works!!
I’m allergic to eggs too and I just left it out - I had 4 big goey bananas, and it worked fine without, especially for the mini’s. One batch made enough for a dozen lg and 1 doz minis. An old recipe book said to add an extra tablespoon of whatever the main liquid ingredient is if you have no eggs - in this case, the bit of extra banana and a pinch extra baking soda did the trick.
This recipe is terrific for people like me who live in the middle of nowhere (in a tiny town in the north of Australia)where it’s hard to get fresh ingredients. I plan to share them around my husband’s office this afternoon and know they will be very much appreciated. Thanks….
These were fantastic!!!! Very moist and delicious. I’ve tried maybe 7 or 8 different recipes all of which always were dry no matter how many bananas or oil I added. I will be buying plenty of bananas from now on and next time the chocolate chips go in. Forgot to mention how easy it was and only took maybe 5 minutes to put together. Was great with a hot cup of tea tonight. Hubby loves them!
I’ve used this recipe a couple of times now, and always with different fruits. Every time they turn out great. First experiment was with bananas and berries….devine! Second bananas and apple, and today I don’t have any bananas, but I’m going to make them anyway….this time I think apple and berries. Wish me luck:)
The muffins are in the oven as I am typing this! I don’t eat gluten however so I have substituted the flour for chickpea flour that I purchased at an Indian grocer. And I didn’t add any gluten-free baking soda because I have run out, so I may have just ruined your “easy, foolproof” recipe. But we shall see in twenty minutes!
Delicious!!! I added cinnamon and sprinkled almonds on top too. They’re awesome!!! Thanks for the recipe!
They were so dilicious! We added choolate chips which made it even more tast-ee! Thanx for the recipe were for sure gonna use it again.:);)
The muffins were delicciiooouuss!! we added some chocolate chips to make it more tast-ee and it did! thanx for the recipe we will for sure use it again!
Just found out company stopping by early a.m. Nothing on hand except Bananas and they aren’t that ripe. But what the heck-we will give it a try. Glad it is easy as I am old and tired tonight!
Have just put them in the oven so am really looking forward to them added a half teaspoon of cinnamon for a bit of spice
thanks for the recipe
Brilliant recipe, kids loved them. Thank you
I think a great idea would be to add fresh sliced strawberries, and chocolate chips…voila! Banana Split Muffins
I really must try that!
These muffins are great, my husband said when he smelt them, “when will the muffins be ready” I really made them for my son for a snack at school, if they make it the far with my husband in the house, Thanx’s this recipe is GREAT!
WOW, it was easy, and it really is great tasting. My kids love then and from start to finish, they can be made in less than 30 minutes!
Mine are in the oven right now… they smell soooo good. I hope they turn out good the other recipe I always used my muffins always came out white… they wouldn’t get golden no matter how long I left them in…. we will see how these ones turn out…
They came out Golden brown.. o how nice… they are really good… a little cinnamon on top…they are great!
I made them to sell at my little cafe in Elora, Ont (www.theriverelora.com). I got rid of the whole batch. I also added chocolate chips. Thanks Cat!
Hi from NZ … I just made a batch and added some frozen beries and they are great. I then made a batch of berry and chocolate muffins using this recipe. Yet to try them but they look ok so far. Thanks for this great recipe Cat … look forward to more of them for challenged bakers like myself.
Please tell me normally what type of banana do you use.
i made these muffins for my mom’s birthday with a slight modification ( i put icing on top and a birthday candle) and they were yummyyummyyumyumyummers
i deffinetley recommend this recipeeeeee
I made these using 1/2 c. whole wheat flour and 1 c regular flour plus 1/2 c. pulverised walnuts (I save some to sprinkle on the top before baking). They were great!
Another useful tip someone told me is that you can peel bananas, wrap them in saran wrap and freeze. I then chope them as is into yoghurt shakes or thaw them in the microwave, drain the excess liquid and use them to bake with.
Thanks for the recipe
Thanks so much for the fabulous recipe! I just made it 10 minutes ago, though I added 2 tbsp. organic omega oil (pumpkin oil & olive oil blend), 1/4 cup wheat germ, and 1 cup of fresh strawberries. They worked perfectly! The kids love them, and my husband declared these are the best muffins he’s ever had! They’ve no idea these are actually good for them:)
My husband just made these muffins this morning. I asked him to put chocolate chips on one of them for me. I should have had him put chocolate chips on more of them. They are very light, fluffy and moist. They are great with or without the chocolate chips. A recipe that is going to be a keeper. The preparation and clean-up was a breeze! Thanks!
I made a healthy version with 1 cup organic white flour, 1/4 c whole grain graham flour and 1/4 c wheat germ. I also substituted sugar for honey & 1/2 of the butter with apple sauce. I added walnuts (they are very healthy) & a few mini chocolate chips (for the chocoholic in me). They turned out wonderful. Even my husband who doesn’t usually like things made w/ whole wheat flour and wheat germ loved them. My 4 year old also enjoyed.
I just gave it a shot myself this evening.
Just to disprove to my grandfather that a teenage male can’t cook, I suppose. xD
I had to mix it a bit different. A little more sugar, and we only had two good sized bananas in the kitchen, but they turned out very well. I’m looking forward to another with a bit of butter and a nice cup of coffee for breakfast tomorrow. =)
Thanks for the amazing recipe- these muffins are great!!
These muffins are amazing!!! I was a little sceptical, but like the other reviews said, they were super easy and so moist and delicious! I used 5 bananas,substituted the butter for coconut oil,added some flax seeds and shredded coconut,and a little cinnamon and vanilla! Healthy and delicious, thanks so much!
This is the exact same recipe passed down to me by my grandmother about 30 years ago. It was always a family favourite and the best darn banana muffin recipe around.
They are the easiest to make and freeze well and are always perfectly golden and moist. I love to add walnuts to some and chocolate chips to others.
I’m going to try it with the apples like someone above mentioned and maybe make a bit of a crumble topping to dab on the top.
Anyone who has not tried these banana muffins yet, will not be disappointed when they do.
I just made these and they were super yum! I substituted some of the flour for oats and added some halved almonds to make banana oat and almond muffins. I am horrible with cooking/baking. When i asked my former roommate to try one she looked at me scared.. but after gobbling it down she asked, “why didn’t you make things like this when we were living together?” HA ha Awesome recipe.
I will repeat what other people have written and say your muffin recipe was fantastic! The second day bought them into work, people were reserving muffins at the start of the day to eat later….it was a hit and a half.
I have a low tolerance for food with a high sugar content. After trying your banana muffins and loving them, I am now going to try your carrot cake recipe.
Thank you
I’ve just tried your banana muffin recipe. The muffins are delicious…so soft and fluffy!!! My 2 years old son loves it totally. Thanks for the recipe.
hey i just made this muffins and they were awesome i am always gonna keep the recipe so i can make these all the time
Hey, i loveeee these muffins!!!!!
i’m in the middle of making them right now…
Even tho i had to make them with whole wheat flour, they still turned out great!!! mmm, yummmmmmmmm!~!
Thanx O’ bunch!!!
I made these muffins for the first time today, and they are amazing! I substituted 1/3 cup canola oil for the butter, added a bit of ground flaxseed and some fresh blueberries and wow! I wish I’d found this recipe sooner, it’s way better than the one I’d been using. Hope everyone else enjoys it too!
Wow.
These muffins are the bomb!
Thanks for the recipe.!
wow this is reaally good i love it and smells good
i love thiss
i made it and its so good
i gave some to my freinds at school and they wanted more
have you got any other good flavours??
i would love a choclate 1 =]
ben !!
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I have one question:
How many muffins does this recipe make?
This recipe is fantastic, thank you for sharing!
I used oil instead of butter, because that was all I had, and threw in a couple of handfuls of semisweet chocolate chips - sooo good!
Steph - about 10-12 muffins.
Thanks!
I Love These muffins
I found your recipe when I googled “banana muffin recipe.” I too had a bunch of old bananas and like you said, had the rest of the ingredients on shelf. They came out great! My husband is not big on sweets but he loved these. Thanks for posting this simple and great tasting recipe.
Omg i just made the muffins just took them out of the oven omgosshh they smell so good havent had one but sooo excited to:)
just made 36 muffins
first batch cinamon
second batch chocolate chip
third batch banana and choocalte chip
but omg they smell soooooo good:)
omg i just had one of these muffins
they are sooo goooooood
like everyone says i have a gift for making muffins
but once they taste these omg
I LOVE THIS RECIPE
thank you soo muhc
its literally the easiest recipe ever and the best
results thanx so much
I used to use my moms old recipe but since I’ve moved… hope this one works out better. err thanks (ps I’m not 35)
wow i was so impressed with how easy it was and how great they came out!!!!!
Thanks cat
They are sooooo good. I am a horrible baker with a horrid oven and these turned out golden brown and delicious. I used a full cup of sugar but next time I think I’ll try 1/2 c with choc chips. Yum!
GREAT muffins, and easy to. I made them with my three year old, and unlike many other recipes we’ve tried there wasn’t much mess. The quicker the recipe the better!!!! I topped then with a cream cheese frosting,(a little sweet) and told my son they were cupcakes =0), he thought they were great!!!!
I made these today with my 3 1/2 year old (and my 1 1/2 year old, who isn’t much help yet). These were, by far, the best banana muffins ever. Easy, fast, and so so yummy. I think I’m going to make more when our bananas are ripe! Thanks!!!
Super fantastic recipe. Thank you for sharing.
I have been making muffins for years and never had I ever made such scrumptious and easy recipe.
I mixed all the ingredients in under 5 mins!
I used self raising flour instead and my muffins took about 25 mins to bake.
AWESOME
OMG! These Muffins are delectable! I ate like all of them!
I just baked em this evening! they turned out perfect:) Hooray!!
Great recipe…. Shared your receipe and website with my colleague and the result is awesome- its so easy yet everyone has great success!
Thank you very much. Applause, Applause!
Thanks Cat,
I am 9 and my sister is 7 and she hates banana(I love them) but while she was in the shower me and my grandmother made them they are in the oven now we made them because my sister wont even know it is banana!Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha :)!
Made em last night. Awesome!
great recipie!
i am only 11 years old and i really like to cook. the only problem is that most recipies are difficult and require many ingrediants.
this recipie is so quick and easy!!!
everybody in my family loves this recipie!
add chocolate chips and it is perfect.
lovely!
Awesome recipe. Everyone on my street loves these muffins!
Try adding a couple of tablespoons of peanut butter! its great
YUMMY yummy yummy as i work in a fruit shop i tend to take home a lot of ripe bananas but i usually make a banana cake cause i have a really great recipe but thought i would try something different and glad i came across this recipe i am making some more today and am going to add some choc chips thanx heaps
Me and my friend made them!!
They are so easy!!
I recomend them for youngsters.
These are the best muffins ever!!! Everyone who has tried them loves them - they are by far the best banana muffins ever
Mine are in the oven, and they smell amazing! I added peanut butter!
thanxz alot this recipe roxs!!! =]
I just made these muffins and they were very good! I still can’t believe how easy the preparation was!
Thanks for the recipe….I will be making these often…
i am cooking these as i right and i am hoping that they work cause i did everything right but i made into a loaf instead of muffins so….
These are great! I mixed some shredded apple into the first batch, along with some wheat germ and almond meal … YUM! The second batch I didn’t use bananas at all, just shredded apples and then added a little nutmeg, wheat germ, chopped walnuts, and dried cranberries! Awesome!!!
I made these and brought them to work and people could not just eat one! Awesome easy recipe. I will add nuts and top with cinnamon and br sugar next time! Thanks!
These are great easy and really nice, i agree with the less sugar a whole cup would be too much and for people not using farenhite it is 180 degree c for 20 mins, also instead of using plain flour, bi carb and baking soda I used self raising flour worked just a well. =) yummy!
FINALLY - a successful batch of muffins!! They are delicious even if I do say so myself, my children loved them. I used 3/4 cup sugar, and 4 bananas and added a tsp of vanilla and the walnuts, bit risky for me to try and be ‘adventurous’ with cooking but they turned out great. Thank you
My roomate made them with the original recipe and i made the “healthier” version (although we still both added chocolate chips, haha). I just replaced the oil with un-sweetened apple sauce (i hear you can also use fat free plain yogurt), and the sugar with splenda. They both tasted great, and you could hardly tell the difference! I’m making another batch now!
I love to play with recipes, so I’m making 6 banana nut (I’m just putting the nuts on top of the muffins) Banana strawberry and the Banana split recipe Cat gave above(chocolate chips, banana, strawberry) :)(goes to kitchen to pull out first batch) Amazing!!! It gets a bit heated in my apartment, so I had the windows open, and My neighbor, smelled them and came over
They are great!!! mix it up!
what flour do you guys use, plain/all purpose/self raising etc ?
i am thinking of making these tonight, going shopping in a bit.
i tried to baked banana muffins…….my husband loves it! and it was so easy and simple….thanks…
it’s taste amazing…..i tried to put some hazelnuts.
Thanx, they should be a success! I just tried a new chocolate toffee square recipe today and it bombed big time! I have a pre-natal class tomorrow and it is my turn to bring snacks:) Had all the ingredients for this quick and easy recipe in the cubboard~I too vamped the recipe just a bit…less sugar, 1/2 ww flour, 1/2 the margarine mixed with the other 1/2 peanut butter…added a tsp of cinnamon, some choc chips & poppy seeds too. They turned out fantastic! My best muffins yet! Thanx again, you saved the day:)
I’m going to try and substitute as much wheat flour as possible. But I don’t have a regular oven. Can anyone tell me a time variation for the microwave. I bake regular cakes in it (around 1c flour) at around 180degC for 35 mins.
Made them for the second time today and had to write. They are indeed fantastic. My 5 year old mashes the bananas and my 2 year old dumps in and mixes the dry. Moist with lovely texture - foolproof. I add a little vanilla and a few chocolate chips. My 5 year old actually asked me to leave the chocolate chips out the next time (and he loves chocolate!) because he thinks they don’t need them.
Thank you, Cat.
Just made these muffins for my grandaughters,I added some buttermilk and some ground flax,I thought a little dry and a little wet would be alright,i also melted some choc chips and spread them on top.I haven’t tasted them yet,I have to wait for the girls to rave and I know they will rave about them.I think this one will be a favorite.
Mavis
This recipe is the best by far! I have tried many different Banana muffin recipes and this one is the best! So easy, and you are gauranteed to have everything you need right in your pantry! This gets 2 thumbs wayyyyyyyy up high for me!!
it was my first attempt at baking, and i used this recipe without an oven - AND it still turned out great!! i don’t have an oven so i simply steamed the muffins chinese-cake style. haha! thanks cat, and for everyone with all the helpful comments! ^_^
Thanks Cat, they’re in the oven now and smelling amazing. So easy to prepare and quick to cook. What more does a busy cook need?! Cant wait to taste them and am sure they taste even better warm with a little butter slathered in the middle…MMMMMmmmmmmm
My husband and I live in the Caribbean and have huge banana trees. When they are ripe we have more than we can ever use. After giving most to friends,and eating our share, we freeze them right in the skin. When we want to bake, bread mostly, we defrost the number we need and they are so moist and flavorful. My husband always makes bread, so I asked if we can try some muffins for the holidays. We’ll add some dried cranberries or cherries- but I’m really excited to try Chocolate chips.
I’ll keep you posted.
ohhh my gosh…………….wow there are so many comments!!!! these are probably really really really really really good if like 500 people said that they were amazing. Well at least they smell good! (they’re in the oven right now.)
I’m going to try them out today, sounds really good!!!!
I am a hopeless cook and these were great and easy to make and a success. Does anyone have any idea how many Weight watchers point would be in 1
I am going to hazard a *guess* as a Lifetime Weight Watchers Member…I bet there are around 5 points in one small muffin. Again, just a guess! Thanks for all the great feedback, and please keep it coming! These muffins sure seem to be popular! I know we all love em, and they are completely fail-proof!
How can something so easy to make taste so good?
These muffins are GREAT !
AMAZING!!! I had some bananas that were getting way too brown. I made a batch of mini muffins and I can’t keep away from them. We have found a new favorite!
Thanks!!