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!
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.
- 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
Carole says
I'm going to make these today, they look so good! But I'm confused about one ingredient. Oats are dry, oatmeal is cooked oats. The photos look like you have dry oats on top, so I'm guessing you mean oats for the recipe and not oatmeal. Looking forward to trying this. 🙂
Kathy says
You use dry oats in this recipe, both for the batter and the topping.
Enjoy! 🙂
Mir Delisle-Oldham says
They turned out only OK for me. not sure why. A bit on the dry side - eventhough my bananas were very very ripe. Perhaps a weird variety of them? Also if I made them again I would use maple syrup instead of white sugar?
Christy says
Loved this recipe so much. First time I made it I doubled the batch in hopefulness and I was not disappointed. Feel like you can’t go wrong and can adjusted it to your preferences. I added chocolate chips, walnuts and a little applesauce to aid with moisture. Glad to have found this one!
Kathy says
Thank you! And you are so right...so many variations you can add to make these your own! 🙂
Kari says
These are fabulous! I was looking for a new recipe to use up over-ripe bananas. I had so many bananas that I tried out two separate recipes and these were the hands-down winners! Thanks for a great alternative to our tried and true banana bread recipe! Can't wait to make them again with some of the tasty additions mentioned in the comments.
Kathy says
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you loved them!!! 🙂
Jodi says
I have made this recipe a couple of times and really has become my favorite banana muffin recipe. Thank you for sharing ♡
Kathy says
Thank you!!! I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment! 🙂 It really means a lot!
Crys says
The flavor was there, but these are really dry 🙁
Kathy says
Make certain your bananas are really ripe and be careful when measuring your flour. This will help avoid dry muffins.
Gloria says
I added some applesauce and a few spoons of plain Greek yogurt and they delicious. The apple sauce and yogurt added some extra moisture.My family loved them.
Kathy says
Great idea!!! 🙂 Thanks so much!
Molly says
I made these gluten free in three varieties- original, blueberry and walnut chocolate chip. They were all very delicious! Thanks for the recipe!
Kathy says
Thank you! 🙂
Amy says
These are the best banana muffins I’ve ever made! I added some flax seed and a few chocolate chips to entice the kids. I’ll definitely make these again!
Kathy says
Thank you! And you really can't go wrong when adding a little chocolate! 🙂
Cindy says
YUM! I made these today Ann’s added 1 cup of fresh blueberries. They came out delicious and picture worthy!
Kathy says
Awesome!!! So glad you enjoyed them!!! Great idea to add blueberries! 🙂
Tina says
Can I use oat flour or whole wheat flour?
Kathy says
Hi Tina,
I have not made these with oat flour. You can use whole wheat flour, although the muffins may be a bit dense. Another option is a white whole wheat flour which is milled from white spring wheat instead of the more traditional red wheat. It's lighter in flavor, texture and color but is 100% whole wheat.
Kathy 🙂