Banana Muffins are made with mashed bananas, shortening, eggs, buttermilk, flour, and topped with a streusel topping. This banana muffins recipe is simple to make and freezer friendly!
Homemade Banana Muffins Recipe
These easy banana muffins have Wheat Germ in them. This little whole grain is packed with goodness. Full of folic acid, vitamin E, magnesium, Phosphorus and more.
Wheat germ is the part of the wheat that sprouts and grows into a new plant. Unfortunately, they do not process this into our flours. Add it to most any recipe, giving them a healthy, crunchy, nutty flavor. Once opened store it in the fridge. Use it within a month or it will go bad.
I incorporate wheat germ into bread recipes, a yogurt smoothie and even cookies all the time.
How do you make moist banana muffins?
The trick to making moist banana muffins or bread is having the right mixture of dry and wet ingredients. Which is why my banana bread and banana muffins have either sour cream or buttermilk as an ingredient. Check out my banana bread recipe.
How do you make streusel topping?
Streusel topping is super easy to make. Use your clean hands to combine the softened butter, sugar, flour, oats, and cinnamon. Keep any leftovers in a large zip-style bag and store in the fridge or freezer.
TIP: Make a large batch and store in the freezer, so whenever you want to make muffins or a blueberry pound cake, you can easily sprinkle a helping of streusel over what I’m making quickly.
Be sure and check out my Blueberry Muffin recipe or Raspberry Muffins.
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Banana Bread Muffins
Ingredients
Banana Muffins
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup wheat germ
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large ripe bananas
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup chopped pecans
Streusel Topping
- ¼ cup (½ stick) unsalted butter softened
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ⅔ cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
Streusel Topping
- In a medium bowl, combine the streusel ingredients with your hands and set aside.
Banana Muffins
- In a large mixing bowl, using either a stand mixer or electric hand mixer, cream together the butter and brown sugar. Add the banana and incorporate. Add the eggs, one at a time. Then add the buttermilk and vanilla.
- Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl occasionally. Add the flour, baking soda, powder and salt and mix well. Fold in the chopped pecans.
- Spoon or scoop muffin batter evenly into 12 paper lined muffin tins. Spoon streusel topping over each muffin.
- Bake in a preheated 375 degree F oven for 22 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick when inserted comes out clean.
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Melani says
It looks so yummy. I am hungry beacause of the picture, ha ha. I love banana. It is a satisfy our satiety feeling. I have pinned it, thank you for sharing.
Casey says
Wow. this is absolutely amazing munchies. I do actually make this for my kids quite often and they are normally gone within the first 30mins. Great to see there are other people in this world also love this as much as we do.
Nicole says
This looks so good! Banana anything is my son’s favorite, so I will definitely have to try this out with him. Thanks for sharing!
Agnes Dela Cruz says
I have all the ingredients and I would love and try this recipe this weekend. I am sure this will be a hit.
blair villanueva says
I love banana, including any creative recipes for it! Its natural sweetness is very satisfying for my tummy 🙂
And your muffins, I bet it is your friends’ many favorites!
tia mckinzie says
We love banana anything, we will have to give this a spin at my house! Thanks for the share on this!
Jessica Robinson says
Thanks Tia!!! Hope you enjoy these delicious muffins!
Echo says
These look delicious and healthy! I love a good banana muffin recipe! I have never thought of using wheat germ though!
LavandaMichelle says
Oh my! These muffins look amazing. I can practically smell them through them through the screen. Thanks for sharing! 🙂