Banana Walnut Muffins

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Delicious Banana Walnut Muffins. These easy to make moist muffins are made with ripe bananas and chopped walnuts and are perfect for breakfast or snack time. Every bite of these muffins is filled with delicious banana flavor and crunch from the walnuts. 

These Banana Walnut Muffins are so easy to make and are a favorite for breakfast or for lunchbox snacks. 

We always seem to have bananas sitting on our kitchen counter just waiting to be eaten.  Bananas seem to go quickly from the perfect ripeness for eating to way over ripe.  Once they hit this stage they are perfect for these banana walnut muffins, oatmeal banana muffins,  quinoa banana bread, or smoothies!

This batch of muffins disappears quickly at my house. I often divide the cooked muffins up and have some for eating now and I freeze the rest for later. 

Using frozen bananas

When I don’t have time to use up the really ripe bananas, I often just put the whole banana into the freezer.  

I don’t peel them and often don’t even put them into a freezer bag.  When I need a banana I just take the amount out of the freezer, let them thaw a bit and then peel and use.  The bananas are easy to mash and work perfectly in banana muffins. 

If you are looking for additional ways to use ripe bananas, check out this collection of banana recipes and this recipe for oatmeal banana bread. 

Tips on making muffins

• Use ripe bananas, they are easier to mash and they have a sweeter flavor
• Mix all dry ingredients together in a large bowl
• Mix butter, milk, eggs and vanilla together in a separate bowl
• Add wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix
• Stir in mashed bananas
• Stir in walnuts
• Use an ice cream scoop to get consistent sized muffins
• Bake in a muffin tin with paper liners or spray tin to use without liners.

How to freeze muffins

• Allow muffins to cool completely
• Place in a single layer in a freezer bag or a freezer safe container
• Place in freezer
• To use, remove from freezer and let thaw
• Muffins are best used within one month of freezing

These banana walnut muffins have chopped walnuts, but you could also use chopped pecans. If you aren’t a fan of nuts in your muffins, just omit them.

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Other favorite muffin recipes

• Huckleberry Muffins
• Raspberry Muffins
•  Triple Berry Muffins
•  Blueberry Muffins
• Rhubarb Muffins
• Pumpkin Apple Muffins
• Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins. 

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If you loved this recipe you’ll LOVE all the others in this breakfast category. Check out all my breakfast recipes!

Banana Walnut Muffins

Kathy

Banana muffins with chopped walnuts

5 from 3 votes

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Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 40 mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings 18 muffins

Calories 177 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 2 Cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 Cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons butter (melted)
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 ripe bananas (mashed)
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

 

• Mix flour, baking powder, sugar, cinnamon and salt together in a large bowl.
• In a separate bowl, mix butter, milk, eggs and vanilla together.
• Add liquid mixture into dry mixture. Stir just until combined.
• Add bananas and walnuts. Stir.
• Add batter to sprayed muffins tins (or tins lined with paper liners)
• Bake at 375 for 18-20 minutes.
• Let cool in tins for 10 minutes, remove from tins and then continue cooling on a baking rack.

Notes

Tips 

• Use ripe bananas, they are easier to mash and they have a sweeter flavor
• Mix all dry ingredients together in a large bowl
• Mix butter, milk, eggs and vanilla together in a separate bowl
• Add wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix
• Stir in mashed bananas
• Stir in walnuts
• Use an ice cream scoop to get consistent sized muffins
• Bake in a muffin tin with paper liners or spray tin to use without liners.

Nutrition

Calories: 177kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 3gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 65mgPotassium: 196mgFiber: 1gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 130IUVitamin C: 1.8mgCalcium: 51mgIron: 1mg

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This recipe for Banana Walnut Muffins was originally published in June 2015. The pictures and post have been updated.