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
Juanita Gonzalez says
I made these last night cause I was tired of putting old bananas in the freezer. Man are these GOOD! They were super easy to make and I threw in some trail mix that needed to be used up as well (choco chips, various nuts and seeds, plus craisins) and that only added to the yumminess! I opted for topping with just a few pieces of walnut each. I'm definitely making these again since I still have 3 bananas to use up! I'll also be keeping this recipe to make some lactation muffins once baby #2 is here. Thank you so much!
Kathy says
Thanks so much! I love the addition of the trail mix! 🙂
Meg VR says
Superb muffins. OMG! I used lots of blackberries, which are abundant in our area right now, which were a great pairing with the bananas. I left out the cinnamon but kept the nutmeg.
The only other change was that I mixed the bananas with the wet ingredients. Best muffins I've made in a long time - thank you!!!
Lea Buffington says
So delicious! Thank you for this great recipe. I’ve made them twice this month!
Kathy says
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoy them! 🙂
Meg VR says
Superb muffins. OMG! I used lots of blackberries, which are abundant in our area right now, which were a great pairing with the bananas. The only other change was that I mixed the bananas with the wet ingredients. Best muffins I've made in a long time - thank you!!!
Kathy says
Thanks so much! I'm going to add blackberries to my next batch! Sounds so good!
Samantha says
Delicious! I halved this recipe because I only had 1 banana on hand. They look, smell, and taste amazing.
Kathy says
Thank you so much!
Lis says
Thank you! These muffins are delicious and have a nice slightly chewy texture. I followed your recipe as written and didn’t need to add any additional liquid, but also added 1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger to the batter and 1/4 cup chopped walnuts to the topping. Next time I might try a little cardamom in the batter. Or pecans. Or raisins! Endless possibilities.
Kathy says
Thanks so much! I love all your options. 🙂
Yren says
Dry and no flavor. Followed the recipe. Disappointed
Kathy says
I'm sorry these didn't meet your expectations. Make certain you use really ripe bananas for maximum flavor and be careful when measuring your flour. Make certain you fluff and then scoop the flour into the measuring cup and then level with a knife. Otherwise you can end up with compacted flour which means too much flour could be added resulting in a dry muffin.
Kathy
Courtney says
Made these today. Better than expected. So good. I subbed quick cook outs for Old Fashioned since I don't like Old Fashioned and they were great.
The only other thing I did was use brown sugar instead of granulated. I thought it would be better.
Kathy says
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed 🙂
Beth says
I made these, I followed the recipe except for a small change.
I mixed the banana together with the wet ingredients and added an 1/8 cup of milk.
The muffins came out light, fluffy and delicious with a beautiful dome.
My toddler loved them too.
Kathy says
Thank you so much!:)
Lorelei says
Oh wow these are so yummy, thanks for sharing! The topping definitely gives this the edge compared to other banana oat muffins I've tried.
One question, how long do these muffins normally keep for? Sorry if this has already been covered I couldn't see it in the recipe
Kathy says
Thanks so much! I'm so glad you enjoy them! Try to use the muffins up within 3-4 days.
Kathy 🙂