Cinnamon Banana Bread Muffins

Cinnamon banana bread muffins taste like banana bread in muffin form! They are perfectly light and moist, loaded with banana flavor, and bake up beautifully each time. Topped in butter and a sweet cinnamon crumble for the ultimate snack. All you need is one bowl and no mixer needed!

I am not sure why but every time, literally every single time, I go to the grocery store I buy a bunch of bananas. I guess I just assume that we need them or I just over estimate the amount of bananas that have been eaten in the house. Regardless, my little “problem” allows me the chance to try out different banana recipes with the 18 bunches of ripe bananas on the counter 🙂 Life could be worse, right?!?

Quick bread recipes like banana bread are hit & miss for me. They either bake up perfectly with a nice rounded top, or they sink horribly in the middle and they don’t cook all the way no matter how long they’ve been in the oven cooking. Same thing with muffins. It’s hard to find a really good recipe that actually bakes up pretty.

These cinnamon banana bread muffins were a nice surprise for me. They bake up nice and round and tall, they’re light but still dense with lots of banana bread flavor, and they have the best crunchy sweet topping of cinnamon and sugar. 

I’ve already made them twice! I found my three year old in the kitchen one afternoon with 5 of these muffins sitting in front of her. They all had little nibble bites in them but only on the top. She was just eating the cinnamon sugar on top 🙂 

With school starting up these also make for a great after school treat.

As with any banana bread recipe, the key is to use very ripe bananas. Like, so ripe your kids or husband or whoever is questioning your sanity in using such a nasty looking banana. The riper it is, the better your banana bread (or muffins in this case) will taste. 

Promise me you’ll make these when you have ripe bananas! Or, I could just mail you some of mine because I currently have 2 bunches of ripe bananas in my kitchen 🙂 

Also be sure to try out these Greek Yogurt Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins! So soft & moist thanks to 1 full cup of Greek yogurt and mashed banana. 

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Cinnamon Banana Bread Muffins

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

25 mins

 

Cinnamon banana bread muffins taste like banana bread in muffin form! They are perfectly light and moist, loaded with banana flavor, and bake up beautifully each time. Topped in butter and a sweet cinnamon crumble for the ultimate snack. All you need is one bowl and no mixer needed!

Course: Snack

Keyword: banana bread, banana muffins, muffins

Servings: 12 muffins

Calories: 246 kcal

Author: Jessica - Together as Family

Ingredients

banana bread muffins

• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable or canola oil
• 2 large eggs
• 2/3 cup mashed banana (about 2 small bananas)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

cinnamon & sugar topping

• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Spray bottoms only of 12 regular-size muffin cups with cooking spray.

2. In medium bowl, combine the sugar, oil, eggs and stir with wire whisk. Add in bananas and vanilla, whisk until combined. 

3. Add in flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon and stir together until just combined.
4. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Each muffin cup will be almost to the top. About 3/4 full.
5. Bake 17 to 21 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and muffins are high and rounded on top.

6. Remove muffins from pan to a cooling rack. 

7. For the cinnamon & sugar topping : Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Put melted butter in a separate small bowl. Dip muffin tops into melted butter and then into cinnamon-sugar. Serve warm or let cool completely.

Recipe Notes

Feel free to also use a handheld blender or a stand mixer. I prefer to make these with just a wire whisk but a blender can be used just as well.

 

Readers have commented and said that they don't even do the cinnamon & sugar topping and the muffins are still delicious. Some have even reduced the sugar in the cinnamon & sugar topping.

 

Check the muffins to make sure that the center is still not wet looking. It needs to be cooked completely so that the muffins don't sink down in the middle. If you're worried, simply use a toothpick and make sure it comes out with moist/dry crumbs on it, NOT wet batter. 

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