The quintessential banana nut muffin, with a slightly lighter texture and crumb, super banana flavor and sweet cinnamon topping. It took me so many iterations to develop this PERFECT 100% salt free muffin (!!) I lost count. But my pain is your gain. Oh yes.
Yields 12 jumbo size muffins.
SODIUM CONTENT: 20 mg per muffin
INGREDIENTS
TOPPING:
1/4 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. chopped walnuts
1/4 t. ground cinnamon
1 T. unsalted butter
BATTER:
2 c. mashed banana (about 4 overripe bananas)
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. brown sugar
1 T. pure vanilla extract
1 t. ground cinnamon
1/4 c. vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 T. Featherweight sodium-free baking powder (available at Whole Foods markets and online at healthyheartmarket.com)
2 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
2 T. milk
1/2 c. chopped walnuts
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease or line two jumbo 6-muffin tins with butter or paper muffin cups and set aside.
To make the crumb topping, measure dry ingredients into a small mixing bowl and stir. Cut butter into the dry mixture using fingertips and process until a wet sand-like crumb is achieved. Set aside.
To make the batter, beat mashed banana and sugars in a large mixing bowl. Add vanilla, cinnamon and oil and mix. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Sift in baking powder and flour and then stir. Lastly, add milk and walnuts and stir just until mixed. Carefully pour batter into prepared muffin cups (about 3/4 full), then top with crumb mixture (about 3/4 t. per muffin). Place pans on middle rack in oven and bake for 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and allow muffins to cool in pan 5-10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool fully.








Banana nut muffins are my favorites! Thanks for sharing the receipe, those look so delicious.
You are so welcome, Lilian!! Hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
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This is my first baking experience that doesn’t simply come from a box!!! Delicious! Thank you for sharing the recipe, I’ll be making these again and experimenting with different flavors soon!
YAY!! So great to hear, Lisa! Woohoo for homemade! Wishing you all the very best, Christy
So delicious!! Very substantial “muffin”..
I have frozen a couple for latter indulgence.
YUM! Nothing beats a muffin on the fly.. hahah ENJOY! Best wishes, Christy