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These Healthy Pumpkin Banana Muffins are moist, fluffy and taste like fall with pumpkin, banana and warm spices baked in. Perfect to pair with a morning cup of coffee.
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Why Make These Pumpkin Banana Muffins
These muffins are easy to make, they are a huge crowd pleasure. My friends and family request these muffins every year. They have a light topping that adds texture and an optional icing if you prefer things to be slightly sweeter. These muffins are great to prep for the week.
They also freeze well so can make them ahead of the holiday
season and pull out a bag for entertaining (I do this ALL the time!). Less fuss in the kitchen when they are pre-made. These muffins have all the flavors of banana bread only in muffin form with fresh pumpkin purée. Your house will smell amazing which is an added bonus. Enjoy!
Ingredients Needed For Healthy Pumpkin Banana Muffins
Ripe Banana. You will need 2. If they are not quite ripe that’s fine, just be sure to mash them up well.
Butter. Or coconut oil. Either will work. I love the flavor coconut oil offers.
Sugar. White granulated sugar. This gives it a sweetness and doesn’t effect the beautiful color of the muffin.
Egg.
Vanilla. Vanilla extract to give the muffins more flavor and sweetness.
All Purpose Flour. Gluten Free AP will also work.
Baking Soda. Gets them nice and fluffy.
Spices. Salt, cinnamon and pumpkin spice,
Pumpkin Purée. Homemade or canned will work great.
Old Fashioned Oats. For the muffin topping, you will just need a little bit.
Brown Sugar. For the muffin topping. You will only need a little and this is optional.
Steps To Make This Recipe
Step One. Preheat oven to 350º. In a large bowl, mash banana with a fork, mix in pumpkin, vanilla, butter or oil, and sugar. In a medium bowl whisk together flour, pumpkin spice, cinnamon, salt, baking soda.
Step Two. Mix the dry bowl into the wet, pumpkin banana mixture. Be sure all the flour is mixed in, but do not over mix. Some banana chunks are just fine and welcome! Add muffin liners to a muffin tin, about 1/2 full. In a small bowl, mix brown sugar and oats together. Sprinkle the mixture over the raw batter in the muffin cups.
Step Three. Bake the muffins for about 20 – 28 minutes. Option to add two ingredient icing for a sweeter muffin (1.5 cup confectionery sugar with 1/2 tsp of milk). Let them completely cool before eating and enjoy!
Recipe FAQ’s
Yes make these gluten free by using all purpose gluten free flour.
These will keep in the fridge for up to 5 days or you can freeze them for up to 2 months!
You can use regular butter or oil. Yes, plant butter, dairy butter, canola, olive and avocado will all work great.
Other Fall Inspired Recipes To Try
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Pumpkin Banana Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 bananas, *about ½ cup – ish
- ¼ cup coconut oil, * see notes
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- ½ cup pumpkin purée
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1½ tsp pumpkin spice
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1½ cup all purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
Toppings
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup old fashioned oats
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º. In a large bowl, mash banana with a fork, mix in pumpkin, vanilla, butter or oil, egg and sugar. In a medium bowl whisk together flour, pumpkin spice, cinnamon, salt, baking soda.
- Mix the dry bowl into the wet, pumpkin banana mixture. Be sure all the flour is mixed in, but do not over mix. Some banana chunks are just fine and welcome! Add muffin liners to a muffin tin, about 1/2 full. In a small bowl, mix brown sugar and oats together. Sprinkle the mixture over the raw batter in the muffin cups.
- Bake the muffins for about 20- 28minutes, oven times and temp will vary. Check with a toothpick to ensure doneness. Option to add two ingredient icing for a sweeter muffin (whisk 1 ½cup confectionery sugar with 1/2 tsp of milk). Let them completely cool before eating and enjoy
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Fall delisciousness activated! who doesn’t love pumpkin everything this time of year?! Yasss!
I just read the recipe and I will try it for sure.