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! Another tasty version of this muffin is these Applesauce Oatmeal Muffins!
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!
Oat muffins
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!
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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
- 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
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Notes
- Use very ripe medium to large size bananas. The peel should have lots of brown spots and the bananas should mash easily.
- When measuring flour, don't overpack the measuring cup. Fluff up flour first with a spoon or scoop and then gently scoop it into the measuring cup and then level the cup.
- 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.
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Recipe adapted from Mad about Muffins
Pat says
Just made these tonight and they turned out perfectly moist and delicious at 15 minutes.
I will make again sometime!!
We are taking them on our camping trip!
Kathy says
Wonderful! Perfect to take camping! Have fun and enjoy! 🙂
Jade says
I made them just as directed and they were just what I wanted to make for my 20 month old, she enjoyed them so much and I did too. I can freeze and use for multiple morning breakfasts. Thank you for sharing, glad I found your recipe! The oatmeal crumb topping is a great addition!
Kathy says
Thank you!!! I agree - the crumb topping is really yummy! :).
Dianne says
This is an excellent recipe. Really liked to fact it is low in added sugar. I used but instead of oil, I used butter. Sorry, I'm really old and believe butter is better!thank you for sharing this.
Kathy says
Thank you! No problem using butter! 🙂
Liz says
What type of oil?
Kathy says
Hi Liz,
Use any type of light oil - canola or vegetable oil works well.
Enjoy!
Deanna says
I made these muffins today, this is a keeper!!! I soaked the oatmeal in milk and maple syrup for 20 mins prior to mixing all ingredients. My muffins are very moist and SO delicious.
Thank you for sharing your talents.
Kathy says
Thank you!!! Thanks for also including your tips. Sounds like a great idea using maple syrup! 🙂
Karine Fortin says
Deanna, I like your idea. In how much milk and maple syrup for soaking the oatmeal ? Thank you, Karine
Deanna says
Hi Karine, I use just enough milk to saturate the oatmeal and enough syrup for my sweetness. Given the other added sugars in the ingredients.
Muriel says
Can I replace the sugar by coconut sugar and use almond flour instead?
Kathy says
Hi Muriel,
I'm afraid I have not baked with coconut sugar or almond flour before so I don't know how they would be in these muffins.
Kathy
Ginelle says
Best banana muffin recipe out there! I’m curious, do you think I could also use it as a banana bread recipe as well?
Kathy says
Hi Ginelle,
Thank you! Yes, you can use it for banana bread, but I did actually rework the recipe with a few tweaks. I found using the muffin recipe was just a bit too dense when turned into bread. You can find that recipe here - Oatmeal Banana Bread.
Kathy 🙂
Richard C. says
Great Great muffins recipe.Itweeked a bit but using 1/4 cup organic sugar and adding 1/3 cup whole grain organic pancake .mix adding crushed walnuts, ddried cranberries and raisins.into the batter. Baking temperature set at 350 degrees for 18 minutes.
Kathy says
Hi Richard,
Glad you enjoyed the muffins! Thanks for including your additions 🙂
Kathy
Anabel says
These are pretty perfect! A family favorite. We use einkorn all purpose flour. I bake them once a week. Thank you so much.
Kathy says
Thanks so much! 🙂
Shayna says
These muffins turned out great, but I also LOVE the way this recipe is written with the ingredients amounts listed like a regualr recipe but also within each step of the instructions! I'm not one who premeasures and places my ingredients into separate bowls( that I have to wash later) so I am constantly scrolling up to see how much of an ingredient I need. This is brilliant and I wish all recipes were written in this format. It might be redundant but it is so helpful.
Kathy says
Thanks so much! I'm so glad you find the recipe format helpful. Since we are usually using our phones, I find it easier for the ingredients listed with each step too!
Glad you enjoyed the muffins! 🙂
Rebecca says
I completely agree with the comment about listing the ingredients with each step! Brilliant. One of those things that when you see it you wonder why it hasn’t always been done that way 😄
Excellent recipe!! Thank you for sharing it with us!
Kathy says
Thank you! I appreciate your comment and am glad you enjoyed the recipe! 🙂
Marubi says
Fantastic muffins! Moist inside, crispy top, peeled beautifully off the paper. Nice level of sweetness with the sugar and banana and I love the oat texture. I completely forgot to add the topping, after the step "divide into muffin tins" I popped them straight into the oven haha. But luckily that didn't matter, they still came out amazing! 🙂 Thanks for the recipe, am saving it!
Kathy says
Thank you! I'm so glad you love them. 🙂
kristin lawliss says
I forgot that step aswell oops 😬 they are fantastic
Kathy says
Lol!!! They are delicious without the topping too! 🙂