These delicious oatmeal banana muffins are made with whole grain oatmeal and have an oatmeal crumb topping.
It's a delicious moist muffin filled with banana and oatmeal, and is perfect for breakfast or snacking any day of the week!
Happy New Year! Why is it that time just continues to go faster every year? I did take some time to celebrate and bring in the new year. But staying up till midnight is just way past my bedtime! I guess I can make the sacrifice once a year.
We spent the evening at my in-laws with family. That's my kind of night out! The kids were a hoot. They think New Years is the best because they get to eat all sorts of food, drink special sodas and sparkling cider.
About an hour before midnight all the cousins concocted a plan to ring in the New Year by sledding down Grandma's massive sledding hill right at midnight.
The temperature was down in the single digits, so they bundled up, grabbed head lamps and sleds and headed up the hill.
The plan was 3 minutes before midnight, Grandma would blow an air horn with three quick blasts. That would be their signal to get ready. Then right at midnight she would blow it again with one long blast!
All the adults stayed in the house, where it was toasty warm. Grandma headed out to the deck at the exact times and blasted the horn.
At midnight you could hear the hoots and hollers and then see all the head lamps bounce the way down the hill.
They came back in red faced and exhilarated. They thought they had accomplished the greatest feat ever...and they had! How many people can ring in the New Year by sledding right at midnight?
We quickly piled into the car and headed home. New Year's morning started out slow and lazy.
The kids and Rod slept in super late. I welcomed in the New Year by making these oatmeal banana muffins. It was a perfect start to a new year!
These oatmeal banana muffins are topped with an oatmeal crumble. It has just a touch of cinnamon and brown sugar! Nothing like a little extra sweetness to start the day off right!
And if you are looking for a little variety, here's another banana muffin recipe for you to try! Some of our favorites include blueberry muffins, raspberry lemon muffins and cranberry orange muffins. I also have a collection of muffins you'll want to check out!
I also have a delicious banana bread recipe you will want to try!
To make muffins
- In a large bowl mix oatmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar together.
- In a smaller bowl mix egg, oil and vanilla. Add to dry ingredients and stir.
- Stir in mashed bananas
- Divide into 12 sprayed or lined muffin tins.
- Bake in a preheated 375° oven for 15-20 minutes
You might also enjoy these muffins baked into a loaf in this oatmeal banana bread.
Muffin tips
- Use fresh baking powder - baking powder can lose its effectiveness and if old, your muffins might not rise properly.
- Fully preheat your oven - I use a separate oven thermometer in my oven to make certain my oven has reached the proper temperature. My preheat light often turns off before the oven has reached full temperature so I always give it extra time.
- Do not overmix batter. Just stir until everything is mixed in. Over stirring can cause tough muffins.
- Use an ice cream scoop for even sized muffins. Plus it makes putting the batter in the tins easy peasy!
If you make this recipe, I’d love to hear about it! Leave a comment below and snap a picture and tag me on Instagram @beyondthechickencoop
Check out all my muffin recipes!
Oatmeal Banana Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 ½ Cups oatmeal (old fashioned oats)
- 1 ¼ Cups flour
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt ((optional))
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch ground nutmeg
- 1 whole egg
- ¼ cup oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 whole ripe bananas (mashed, 3 bananas equals about 1 ½ cups)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°
- In a large bowl mix oatmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and sugar together.1 ½ Cups oatmeal, 1 ¼ Cups flour, ½ cup sugar, 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, pinch ground nutmeg, ¼ teaspoon salt
- In a smaller bowl mix egg, oil and vanilla. Add to dry ingredients and stir.1 whole egg, ¼ cup oil, 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Stir in bananas3 whole ripe bananas
- Divide into 12 sprayed or paper lined muffin tins..
- In another bowl combine topping ingredients. Sprinkle over muffin batter.½ cup oatmeal, ¼ teaspoon cinnamon, 2 Tablespoons brown sugar, 2 Tablespoons melted butter
- Bake at 375 for 18-20 minutes
Video
Notes
- Use very ripe medium to large size bananas. The peel should have lots of brown spots and the bananas should mash easily.
- The batter may be a bit dry if bananas were not ripe or on the smaller size.
- If batter is too dry add 1-2 tablespoons of milk.
- Use old fashioned oatmeal or quick oatmeal. Steel cut oats do not work for this recipe.
Nutrition
Recipe adapted from Mad about Muffins
Anaa J says
Just wanted to say thank you for this absolute winner of a recipe!
I make it all the time and its so versatile and forgiving. I even omit sugar sometimes for kids and still works fine- LOVE IT!
Kathy says
Thank you!!! I love hearing about people making my recipes...especially when they love them!
Kathy 🙂
Katie says
These are fantastic! No changes made, can't wait to see if they freeze well!
This recipe is going in the family cook book.
Kathy says
Thank you! 🙂
Jenell says
I made these with about 1/4 cup of sugar, and I added extra cinnamon and also some pumpkin pie spice since that tastes good in any baked goods ;). I used 2 large ripe bananas and a handful of very ripe raspberries. On top I just sprinkled some cinnamon/sugar mix and a few sprinkles since I will be sharing them with kids. This is a very good recipe.
Kathy says
Thank you! I love your additions! A little cinnamon and sugar and pumpkin pie spice is always a good thing!
Kathy 🙂
Mandy says
Turned out pretty dry - should have some other ingredient to make it a bit more moist.
Kathy says
Hi Mandy,
I'm sorry these didn't work for you. These are a hearty, dense muffins, but shouldn't be dry. Keep an eye on your baking time and oven temp. Also make certain your bananas are really ripe!
Kathy
Dee says
Can this be made into a loaf?
Kathy says
Hi Dee,
Yes it can be made into a loaf. However, I did rework the recipe a bit to make the loaf a bit less dense. Here is the recipe Oatmeal Banana Bread. Let me know how it turns out!
Kathy 🙂
Bev says
Perfect recipe! I love oatmeal and these were so delicious! My husband, who doesn’t care for oatmeal, had 3 of them right out of the oven! Thank you, I will make these again!
Kathy says
Love it!!! Thanks so much! 🙂
Jennie says
Kathy, this recipe rocks! Hubby came home with a monster bag of old fashioned oats, and your muffins were the perfect thing to bake with them. We always seem to have very ripe bananas saved in the freezer, so out they came. Ended up using 4 of them to get over 1 and a half cups worth.
Had no brown sugar, so made due with golden sugar for the struesel topping. Subbed out some of the white flour for whole wheat and some oat flour.
The muffins came out delicious 🙂. Happily shared some with my Mom & sister for Mother's day. Wish I had a second muffin tin to make a double batch!
Thanks for the great recipe.
Kathy says
Thank you!!! Great idea to store those over ripe bananas in the freezer. That way you can have them whenever you're ready to bake. Thanks for sharing your tips!
Kathy 🙂
Amandine says
I just made these and they're delicious! I only had 2 bananas so i added 1/2 cup applesauce. I forgot the sugar but I like baked goods less sweet so it was perfect. I used coconut oil for the topping as I'm DF, it worked great. I added choc chips in the muffins and added pumpkin seeds to the topping and finishing salt.
Kathy says
It sounds like you made these work perfectly! Thanks for letting me know all your substitutions and how it worked. Love the idea of the pumpkin seeds and I laughed out loud about the forgotten sugar! I have been know to forget something too from time to time! 🙂 Thanks so much for your comment.
Kathy 🙂
LoisLee says
I made these and thought they were very good. I did a few changes for my diabetic husband. I used 1/3 cup Truvia Brown sugar for sugar in muffins. But did add 2 TBL cane sugar in mashed bananas. Also I added 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips and 1/2 cup walnuts. I also used the Truvia brown sugar in topping. They were plenty sweet enough with these changes.
Kathy says
Thanks so much for your tips! Glad these worked out so well for you. I love the idea of adding a little chocolate and walnuts!
Jamie says
I followed the reciepe and used half a cup sugar. I should have used more because they tasted so plain.
Kathy says
I'm sorry these weren't sweet enough for you. Did you include the topping? That usually adds enough sweetness, but everyone does have their own taste.
Kathy 🙂