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!
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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 ((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
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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.
- 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
LilRed says
Just made these this morning! They were a hit with my 12 yr old. Can't wait for my Airbnb guests to try them! Add another thank you for putting measurements in the directions. The up and down with the screen makes me dizzy!
LilRed says
Oh, the only thing I changed was skipping salt bc hypertension runs in the family.
Kathy says
Thank you so much!
Leah says
The muffins were delicious. But even better was that you put the ingredient amounts within the recipe. So much better for my spastic brain and for reading on a device!
Kathy says
Thank you!
Christine says
Delicious !
Kathy says
Thank you!
Kaitlyn Oniki says
I made these gluten free by just substituting with gluten free oats and gluten free flour straight across and they were delicious! My family said they were some of the best muffins they’ve had! Thank you!
Kathy says
Thank you so much! Glad you found a way to make them gluten free! 🙂
Dorothee says
I found this recipe when searching for something to bake with the ripe bananas I had lying around, and as a big oatmeal fan I decided to try these.
They are great! I store them in airtight containers in a cupboard and they keep very well. I work from home and these muffins are perfect as a snack to grab between calls on a busy day.
I'll definitely make them again.
Best wishes from Germany 🙂
Kathy says
Thanks so much! They make a perfect snack! 🙂
Susan Morrison says
Love these muffins! Wondering if anyone has adapted the recipe to vegan with a flax egg and vegan spread?
Kathy says
Hi Susan,
I have not tried that myself, but hopefully someone else has and can reply!
Kathy 🙂
Minnie says
My son has an egg allergy and I replaced the egg with 1/4 cup of seltzer water (1/4 cup of seltzer per egg works in every muffin recipe I’ve tried so far). Turned out amazing!
Thank you for the recipe, Kathy - so good and the way it is written is so easy to follow on a phone!
Kathy says
Hi Minnie,
Thanks for sharing your tip! I have not heard of using seltzer in place of the egg. So glad that works!
Kathy 🙂
Hannah says
Just made these and I am so happy with how they turned out!
I skipped the topping because my kids are messy eaters, but they were perfect even "plain".
Kathy says
Hi Hannah,
Thanks so much!!!
Kathy 🙂
Amy says
Hello from England! We love these muffins! My children devour them and they smell heavenly when baking in the oven. Yum!I love that you include the amounts in the instructions too - makes following the recipe that much easier. Many thanks for sharing it with us. X
Kathy says
Hi Amy,
Thanks so much! So glad everyone enjoys them!!!
Kathy 🙂
Michelle says
Yes I love that you include the amounts in the recipe instructions. I use my phone often to read recipes and it’s so much more convenient to have a recipe set up this way so I’m not constantly scrolling up and down trying to follow steps and read ingredient amounts. Thank you!
Kathy says
Thank you!
Sophie says
Loved these, have tried others, but they don't compare. My boyfriend loved them, will add chocolate chips as another review suggested since he loves chocolate. Loved, loved, loved that you added the amounts of ingredients to directions, so helpful.
Kathy says
Thank you! And I agree, a little chocolate added will be delicious! 🙂
Tammy says
Made these for the first time today and doubled the recipe so I could freeze half. They are so GOOD!! I added a couple tablespoons of almond milk to get a muffin batter consistency and they were perfectly moist. This one's a keeper for sure. Thank you so much for adding the ingredients and amounts in the directions!
Kathy says
Thank you! So glad you loved them. 🙂