Our homemade banana nut muffin recipe is the easiest, best version of this classic breakfast favorite! It’s made in one bowl, uses up lots of brown bananas, and makes the most moist, delicious muffins you’ve ever had!
Say goodbye to bland, dry muffins and hello to these Banana Nut Muffins that are the best ones on the internet! Our recipe has dozens of 5-star reviews for good reason – the muffins turn out perfectly moist and delicious every time with only 10 minutes of prep and one bowl!
If you love baking with bananas as much as we do, you should also try my Best Banana Bread Recipe, and Coconut Lime Glazed Banana Bread!
Why this is the Best Banana Nut Muffin Recipe
This is my favorite basic banana bread recipe that I have been making for years. It uses lots of bananas for major banana flavor, which is great because when we have overly ripe bananas, it’s usually a bunch of them, not just one or two.
And since I’m a big fan of nuts in basically everything, I add some chopped walnuts and bake it in muffin pans instead of loaf pans for easy, single servings that I can throw in the freezer and reheat one or two for quick weekday breakfasts or after school snacks for my girls.
Banana Nut Muffin Ingredients
- Ripe bananas – This recipe is perfect for using up those spotted, brown bananas that are sitting on your counter that no one wants to touch.
- All-purpose flour – Regular unbleached white flour is perfect for this recipe, although you could replace ⅓ of that with whole wheat flour if you want.
- Salted butter – I use salted butter in all my baking. If you only have unsalted butter, just add an extra pinch of salt to the recipe.
- Sugar – White granulated sugar gives just the right amount of sweetness.
- Egg – This is a binding agent that helps give the muffins their texture.
- Vanilla extract – A flavor agent that rounds out and balances all of the other flavors.
- Baking soda & baking powder – These two work together for the right amount of lift for light, fluffy muffins.
- Ground cinnamon – A wonderful warm spice without overpowering the other flavors.
- Salt – So the muffins don’t taste bland.
- Chopped walnuts – I hardly chop the nuts at all since I like large chunks of walnut in my banana muffins. You can also sub in chopped pecans or even chocolate chips instead, if you prefer.
How to Make Banana Nut Muffins
- Mash 3-4 ripe bananas in a large mixing bowl with a fork.
- Add the melted butter and stir them together with a wooden spoon.
- Stir in the sugar, egg, and vanilla.
- Sprinkle the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt over the wet ingredients and stir to combine.
- Add the chopped walnuts, reserving a few for the tops of the muffins, and stir just until no streaks of flour remain.
- Divide the batter between 12 greased muffin cups and sprinkle with reserved chopped walnuts. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 to 24 minutes until golden brown.
Banana Nut Muffin Recipe tips for success
- There is just a hint of cinnamon in these moist banana muffins, which really makes a difference and they have beautiful, golden brown muffin tops. You can sprinkle a few extra chopped walnuts on top of the muffins, if you want, and they get nicely toasted in the oven while the muffins are baking.
- Don’t get too hung up on the number of bananas. If you only have 2 bananas, that will work too, there will just be slightly less banana flavor in these muffins.
- Like almost any muffin recipe, overmixing the batter can cause them to be dense, rather than light and tender.
- Fill the muffin cups mostly full before baking. I sometimes prefer to spray my muffin cups with cooking spray rather than use muffin liners for these banana nut muffins, but either approach works.
- You could easily make this recipe into a loaf of banana nut bread by pouring the batter into a loaf pan and baking for 50 to 55 minutes in a 350 degree F oven, until a tester inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
What is the secret to moist muffins?
Moist muffins result from the correct balance of ingredients and baking techniques. Adding ingredients like mashed bananas help keep muffins extra moist. But you should also avoid overmixing the batter; a few lumps are fine. Control baking time and temperature—overbaking dries out muffins, so test with a toothpick for doneness.
After baking, cool them in the pan for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to prevent sogginess. Store in an airtight container and they’ll retain moisture longer.
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Best Banana Nut Muffin Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3-4 ripe bananas mashed
- 1/3 cup salted butter melted
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg beaten
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups (212g) all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped walnuts plus extra for topping if desired
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Prepare a muffin tin by lightly greasing the cups or lining them with paper liners.
- In a large bowl, combine the melted butter and mashed bananas and stir with a large wooden spoon.3-4 ripe bananas, ⅓ cup salted butter
- Stir in the sugar, egg, and vanilla.¾ cup granulated sugar, 1 large egg, 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Sprinkle the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt over the banana batter and stir to combine. I never both to whisk the dry ingredients, I just make sure not to dump all of the baking powder or baking soda into one spot, which risks it not being mixed in to the batter very well.1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1 ½ cups (212g) all-purpose flour, ⅛ teaspoon salt
- Add the chopped walnuts, reserving a handful for decorating the tops of the muffins. Stir just until no streaks of flour remain.1 cup chopped walnuts
- Evenly divide the batter among the cups of a lightly greased muffin tin. If you want, sprinkle the top of each muffin with the reserved chopped walnuts before baking.
- Bake for 20-24 minutes, until golden brown on top and a toothpick inserted in the middle of one of the muffins comes out clean.
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I really enjoy banana nut muffins. I think they are the perfect combination for a muffin. I love the fact that these are so easy and I appreciate the size of them. Not too big like you see in some coffee shops. Nice job.
My husband would probably continually kiss me if I made these for him – ha!
About how many muffins does your recipe make?? Thanks
Angel
I get about 12 muffins each time.
I get 18 to 21 cup cakes – using a 1/4 cup to measure with.
mine made only 7, but i did fill each muffin to the top
These muffins sound SO good. My whole family is going to be so excited when I make these for them.
Oh, these look delicious. I love easy recipes, and muffins are one of my faves to make. I will give this a try, I’m sure they’ll be a huge hit with my kiddos too!
Banana bread and muffins are amongst my mom’s favorites. This recipe would be perfect for her, she’d love that it didn’t need the big heavy mixer.
I just love banana flavored things! I’ll be making this soon! I could use a delicious muffin!
Banana bread is one of our favorites as far as sweetbreads go. They are so easy to make and they are so delicious. I love the idea of being able to do it all in one bowl! You totally want me out on this one. Signed me up.
MY kids go ape for banana anything. I’m sure I’ll have to at least double batch the recipe
Yay! So happy to see this recipe! Another good and easy recipe that I can make over the weekend or probably this easter I can add this too.
These banana nut muffins sound amazing but I am really going to check out your morning glory muffins! Those really sound awesome and so healthy!
These look so good! I like to make muffins for my kids, they are great and quick breakfast option when made ahead of time. Thanks for the recipe!
I love banana bread. Not sure why I never tried making banana nut muffins. This recipe looks so yummy.
These look awesome! Banana bread is a favorite in our house.
These look delicious and easy enough for me to make in the midst of a crazy morning with the kids at my feet! Plus we love banana bread/muffins, so I can’t wait to try. Thanks for sharing, adding it to my recipe box!
Oh those sound so good! I often pick some banana nut muffins up at the coffee shop but I really should make my own. I need to give your recipe a try.
Oh my gosh how delicious do these sound! I love that they are so easy to make I need to try them for myself.
Great recipe! I like that it’s one bowl, tastes like banana, cinnamon and nuts. This recipe was easy!
My husband is a wonderful cook & baker and he liked how these turned out when I made them. I didn’t have white sugar so I used 1/8 c of stevia and the rest of the 3/4 white sugar I replaced with part honey part maple syrup. I added extra cinnamon and extra vanilla because we like a lot of both. I also added ground flax seed. I will use this recipe again and again.
I’m so glad you enjoyed this recipe! The modifications you made would be really helpful for a lot of other readers – thank you for sharing! I think I will have to try adding ground flax seed next time myself!
I loved this recipe ..soo good and easy thank you i added chocolate chips for kids ..
Great recipe! I made these tonight except i used pecans instead of walnuts. They were very delicious. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
You are welcome! Pecans are a yummy change!
Just made these, delicious!! I was low on sugar so I did 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup honey, still delicious. I also added chocolate chips. Love this recipe!
just mixed these up and put those ba dboys i the oven ! xo thanks for sharing !
These are the best banana nut muffins I have ever made! I like to make them in mini size and they turn out wonderfully! I also love that it only takes one bowl because that means less dishes. Can’t wait to try some of your other recipes!
I’m so glad you loved these! We make them mini too – especially when taking them for preschool snack!
How long would you bake these if you make 6 jumbo muffins. That the size my husband likes
I would extend the bake time by about 5 minutes and see how that works.
Yum!!! These are so good. I have made them several times plus used the recipe to make banana bread. I have some of the muffins in the kitchen right now. I sprinkle the tops of the muffins or bread with Turbinado sugar. I also like to butter the bread pan so I can sprinkle it with cinnamon sugar. I did use half white half brown sugar. If you have an air fryer they are so good reheated in it. It works well on muffins or bread since they get wet. I pre-heat my air fryer for 2 mins @ 400° & heat the muffins or bread for 3 mins @ 400°. I like the slight crispy taste it gives them.
I don’t have an air fryer yet but I like the sound of adding a little bit of crisp taste when reheating!
Best banana nut muffins I’ve ever had! Thanks for the recipe!
You are welcome!
I used coconut sugar in place of granulated sugar and it came out perfect! Thank you for the recipe. These muffins were delicious!
I tried this recipe with a few modifications. I needed to replace the all-purpose flour with Gluten free flour. And then because I like more nuts I put both walnuts and pecans. And then just cause I put a bit of a pinch more or less of allspice, cloves and nutmeg……….OMG so GOOD!!!!!!!!!
I only had 2 ripe bananas so I halved this recipe, added dark chocolate chips, and substituted pecans for walnuts and the muffins are FANTASTIC! The ratios are perfect. Will definitely make these again… hopefully with more bananas!!!!
Ooh, I love the dark chocolate and pecan variation! That may need to happen at my house soon too!
I made these for breakfast……the smells coming from the kitchen alone was a wonderfully pleasant aroma to wake up to…..thanks for sharing this ❤.
Just made these- what a great recipe! I made it exactly as stated with the exception of adding extra walnuts and peanut butter chips- amazing!! I also read another recipe where they added a little coffee or espresso- I might try that next time.
Thanks for the great, easy recipe!
Ooh, I’ve made these with chocolate chips but never peanut butter chips. That sounds delicious!
I added some Craisins and they were amazing! Thank you…so easy too 😁
This was so easy and no mixer was involved. My family loved these muffins.
I made these last night, so easy and fast. We loved them, thank you .
Just took them out of the oven. The muffins look and smell amazing! Can wait to eat them 🙂
I just made these muffins and they are delicious. Thank you! Am going to have to give them away quickly or I will eat them all!
Absolutely delicious!
The best banana nut muffins ever! The recipe is perfect as is, no need to add nor change anything! And most importantly, my family loves them!
made these today exactly how the recipe stated…
SO GOOD! i have to STOP myself from eating the entire pan of muffins! definitely will make again!
M and my 6 year old daughter just made these they were easy enough to just let her to everything while I assisted can’t wait to try them they smell amazing
I made these with my granddaughter and they are delicious! I used a mini muffin pan and had exactly enough.
I made mine with my grandbaby 😍 and she loves it
I made this as a loaf and added chocolate chips and it was incredible. Hands down the best banana bread I’ve ever had, plus it’s so simple to make. HIGHLY recommend
These are great! Ive made them twice already!
These are amazing! So much for the diet today!
Made these this morning. Added a bit more cinnamon, but oh boy, these are so tasty and easy peasy!! This is a keeper recipe. Thank you for posting.
I cooked these in my mini cupcake clamshell, and they are SOOOO delicious.
I accidentally misunderstood and used too much butter, but I don’t think there’s any such thing as “too much butter”…lol. Must be the southern girl in me…
Go raibh míle maith agat!!! (Thanks a million, in Irish)
I love the little brown squiggles of banana that FILL these, and the walnuts send it over the top!!💚
Would love to try these, but don’t know how to print it.
Hi Dorthey! There is a print button right under the picture in the recipe card itself. If you click on it, a new window should come up with a recipe that is formatted to print easily.
Dorothy, I rarely print recipes anymore since I don’t have a good printer handy at home now. I either have it emailed to me to pull up or use my phone camera and take screen shots on my phone. Just a thought 😊
I love the low sugar and egg count compared to other banana nut muffin/bread recipes! And the vanilla and cinnamon are such a great touch! Very easy recipe!
These are awesome!!!!!! I tried a few other recipes but keep coming back to these. I also like how easy these are to make.
Thank you, Kristeen! I’m so glad you enjoy the recipe!
Delicious and so easy to make!!
This recipe came up so good!!!! Everyone loved it… maybe I should put brown sugar in it next time!
Best banana nut muffins I have had. Excellent recipe!
Thank you, Michelle!