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THE BEST BANANA MUFFINS
The Best Banana Muffins
Moist, tender, and packed with ripe banana flavor, these banana muffins are the ultimate comfort bake. Perfect for breakfast or a snack, they balance natural sweetness with a golden crumb that’s easy to love.
Ingredients
Muffin ingredients
- 3 medium bananas
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup coconut yogurt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts optional
Crumb Topping
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Place cupcake liners in a muffin tin. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl mash the bananas with a fork, leaving them slightly lumpy, and set aside.
- In a large bowl stir together the butter and sugar. Mix in the eggs and vanilla and stir until smooth. Add the sour cream, mashed bananas, baking soda, and salt, and stir until blended. Next mix in the flour until incorporated.
- Fold in the walnuts, if desired.
- Portion out ¼ cup batter into each muffin tin and prepare crumb topping.
- In a medium bowl combine all the crumb topping ingredients: granulated sugar, brown sugar, salt, butter and flour. The mixture should form large crumbs. Top each muffin with an equal portion of the crumb topping.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the muffins are set and toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Allow the muffins to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, and then remove and cool on a wire rack, or serve warm.
Notes
In our kitchen the banana muffins are always baked fresh. They will the B&B with the scent of warmed vanilla and a hint of cinnamon. We hope that this sweet aroma will gently coax your loved ones out of bed and into your kitchen with a sweet promise of something wonderful in the day ahead.
