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Banana Muffins
Old Fashioned Banana Muffins are soft, moist, and completely delicious, this recipe is a must make anytime you are craving the ultimate comfort food recipe.
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Old Fashioned Banana Muffins are an old recipe that mom made growing up. Soft, moist, and completely delicious, this recipe is a must make anytime you are craving the ultimate comfort food recipe.
This easy breakfast recipe is perfect for holidays, Mother's Day, baby showers, or anytime you want a sweet and delicious muffin recipe to eat.
WHAT INGREDIENTS DO YOU NEED TO MAKE OLD FASHIONED BANANA MUFFINS
You’ll be amazed to see just how basic and easy this vintage recipe is. It uses a secret ingredient – apple pie spice. This one ingredient turns these banana muffins into into something your friends and family will ask you to make again and again!
I guarantee you won’t be disappointed with this easy to make breakfast recipe!
Here’s what you’ll need to get started:
- all purpose flour
- sugar
- baking powder
- baking soda
- salt
- ground cinnamon
- apple pie spice
- eggs, lightly beaten
- butter, melted and slightly cooled
- large bananas
- vanilla extract
INGREDIENT SUBSTITUTIONS AND ADDITIONS
SPICES: This recipe calls for two different spices, cinnamon and apple pie spice. If you don't have apple pie spice on hand you can easily substitute it with all spice, or pumpkin pie spice.
Don't worry, the apple and pumpkin flavors don't come through in the finalized recipe. They just enhance the flavor!
HOW TO MAKE THESE EASY BANANA MUFFINS
FIRST STEP: Preheat your oven to 350° and line your muffin tin with paper liners.
SECOND STEP: In a large bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and apple pie spice. Set aside.
THIRD STEP: In a medium mixing bowl combine your sugar, eggs, butter, vanilla extract and bananas. Use a hand mixer to incorporate all ingredients until well mixed and no lumps remain.
FOURTH STEP: Fold your wet mixture into dry mixture until no white flour remains. Be careful not to over stir the batter or it will yield tough rubbery bread.
FIFTH STEP: Scoop muffin batter into paper liners, filling a little over halfway full.
SIXTH STEP: Place in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick stuck in the center of the muffin comes out clean.Let the muffins cool in the muffin tin for 5 minutes before removing to cool on a wire rack.
Banana Muffins
Old Fashioned Banana Muffins are soft, moist, and completely delicious, this recipe is a must make anytime you are craving the ultimate comfort food recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp apple pie spice
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- ½ cup butter, melted and slightly cooled
- 3 ripe large bananas
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat your oven to 350° and line your muffin tin with paper liners.
- In a large bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and apple pie spice. Set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl combine your sugar, eggs, butter, vanilla extract and bananas. Use a hand mixer to incorporate all ingredients until well mixed and no lumps remain.
- Fold your wet mixture into dry mixture until no white flour remains. Be careful not to over stir the batter or it will yield tough rubbery bread.
- Scoop muffin batter into paper liners, filling a little over halfway full.
- Place in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick stuck in the center of the muffin comes out clean.Let the muffins cool in the muffin tin for 5 minutes before removing to cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition
Serving: 1muffin | Calories: 197kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 51mg | Sodium: 155mg | Potassium: 65mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 281IU | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 1mg
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Comments
Isabelle Thornton says
This is a great recipe!! Perfect for a chili and boring day like today!! Lol
You are such a good cook. Love this post and pics too.
Thanks so much for linking!
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