Banana Blueberry Muffins
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These Banana Blueberry Muffins are a great way to use overripe bananas! We love making them whenever we have bananas that are ripe and ready.
This is a quick and easy muffin recipe and goes perfect with a cup of tea or coffee. We love using ripe bananas instead of tossing them and these muffins are perfectly sweetened by the overripe bananas.
Want an even healthier banana muffin? Try out our Oat Flour Banana Muffins.
Recipe ingredients and notes
- Blueberries – We love using fresh or frozen blueberries for this recipe.
- Butter – I like to use salted butter. We use country crock plant butter when making them dairy free.
- Eggs – If you cannot have eggs, you can use 1/4 cup of banana or applesauce per egg.
- Bananas – This helps add sweetness and moisture to the muffins and the banana flavor.
- Vanilla – Real vanilla extract is a must for the best flavor
- Flour – We use all-purpose flour, but your favorite gluten-free one-for-one flour can also be used.
- Baking Powder – This helps our muffins rise.
- Milk – You can use regular milk or non-dairy milk, and our preferred is full-fat oat milk.
- Salt – Just a pinch of salt if not using salted butter!
How to make Banana Blueberry Muffins
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Mix together the butter and sugar. Then mix in the banana, vanilla, and eggs. It will break the mixture, but don’t worry it will come back together.
Mix in the flour, and then once fully combined, fold in the blueberries.
Scoop the muffin batter into a lined baking muffin tin and bake for 30 minutes.
Allow the muffins to cool before eating.
Recipe tips and variations
- You can use fresh or frozen blueberries.
- Prevent blueberries from sinking to the bottom by tossing them in about 2 tablespoons of flour.
- These muffins can be made with any other add-ins, from dried fruit, chocolate, fresh fruit, or even nuts and seeds.
- Love chocolate? Add some!
- Add a sprinkle of sugar to the top to make them more bakery-like.
Storage and reheating tips
- Refrigerate: Store any leftover muffins in an air-tight container on the counter for 2-3 days.
- Freeze: To freeze the muffins, place them in an airtight freezer-safe container and freeze for 3-4 months.
- Reheat: To reheat the muffins, you can microwave them for about 10 seconds.
Frequently asked questions
Yes! This works well with frozen bananas as well. Just make sure they were ripe or overripe before freezing as they’re naturally sweeter.
Absolutely! We bake mini banana chocolate chip muffins all the time! You’ll need to adjust the time. We usually bake for 12-15 minutes.
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Banana Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 cups (240 g) all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup (57 g) salted butter softened, we use country crock plant butter for dairy free (use a pinch of salt if using unsalted butter)
- 1/3 cup (71 g) light brown sugar
- 1 cup (227 g) mashed bananas use overripe bananas for more sweetness
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup (114 g) milk we use oat milk
- 1 cup (148 g) blueberries fresh or frozen
- 1/8 cup (25 g) sugar for sprinkling onto muffins, optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners or grease if not using liners and set aside.
- Sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder in a medium bowl.
- In a stand mixer bowl or bowl with a hand mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Then add in the mashed banana.
- Add the eggs to the butter and sugar mixture one at a time, beating well after each addition, and then add in the vanilla last.
- Add the flour mixture to creamed butter mixture alternating with the milk.
- Fold the blueberries into the batter.
- Scoop the muffin batter into the prepared muffin tin filling 3/4 of the way. Sprinkle with sugar if desired.
- Bake the muffins for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Remove the muffins from the tin after 10 minutes of cooling and place them onto a cooling rack to allow them to cool before enjoying.
Nutrition
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Disappointed. Not sweet enough, even after sprinkling sugar on top of each. Plenty of blueberries but can’t taste the 2 large bananas I added. Normally, I have to cut back on the sweetness. Thank you but I need to keep looking.
The bananas have to be really ripe to produce a true banana flavor. We’re sorry you weren’t satisfied.
Hi There,
Can I use chocolate chip in the Banana Blueberry Muffins recipe?
Yes!
The first comment was what intrigued me. My concern with most blueberry muffin recipes is that they are too sweet. This was exactly what I was looking for! Thank you, also for providing the non-dairy options in the recipe.
I’m so glad the recipe was just what you were looking for! I agree many blueberry muffin recipes can be overly sweet, so I really aimed for a balanced flavor here. And I’m always happy to include non-dairy options as we manage multiple allergies in our home.
Salt is not on your Ingredient list but it’s mentioned in the directions, just fyi
Thanks so much!