Blueberry Banana Muffins
Blueberry Banana Muffins are a cozy way to start your day! Prep the ingredients to this muffin recipe the night before for easy baking while you sip your morning coffee!
Blueberry Banana Muffins are a sweet and simple way to start your day! Prep the ingredients for this muffin recipe the night before for easy baking while you sip your morning coffee!
Note: This post for Blueberry Banana Muffins was originally published on August 28, 2011 as part of the Simple Sundays series. The recipe has been updated from the archives with updated content and photographs, as well as improved kitchen notes and recipe annotation. I hope you enjoy this favorite from my kitchen.
After a month of being without an oven, and with a lot of replacement-turned-mini-kitchen-renovation drama, the joy of baking has returned to my household. No longer do I have to pass bakeries and cake counters with a wistful sigh.
This sight made me smile this morning. Can you smell them?
I could hardly wait for the Blueberry Banana Muffins to cool enough so I could pop one out and onto my plate. This is a favorite breakfast treat for us — if I’m not flipping pancakes, I love to make these muffins.
If your house is like mine, no one wants to wait for something elaborate to be prepared and baked for breakfast, even on a leisurely weekend morning. What I love most about making these muffins is that I can measure out the dry ingredients the night before into a resealable bag. As I am fumbling about in a pre-caffeinated state the next morning, I can crack a few eggs and whisk in the wet ingredients in between sips of coffee. Before you know it, the kitchen is filled with the scent of muffins baking in the oven.
How to Make Blueberry Banana Muffins
The beauty of making muffins for breakfast is that not only can you prep the dry ingredients in advance, but once the batter is whisked and plopped into the muffin pan, you can pop them in the oven and move on, whether that’s cleaning up the kitchen or sitting down to enjoy your coffee.
This simple blueberry banana muffin recipe gets its moistness and sweetness from the banana and is truly so simple to make.
Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl, making a well in the center. If you’re preparing the ingredients the night before, cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Alternatively, you can place it in a resealable bag so that it’s ready for the next step.
Whisk the eggs, buttermilk, and canola oil in a small bowl, then add it to the flour mixture. Stir in the mashed banana and 1/2 cup of the blueberries. Be careful not to over mix!
Use an ice cream scoop or large spoon to evenly distribute the batter into the muffin tin. Take the remaining 1/2 cup of blueberries and put a few on top of each muffin, pressing lightly into the batter.
Bake the muffins for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the muffin comes out clean. Let the muffins cool in the pan for about 5 minutes before removing them from the pan. Serve whilst warm.
Note: This recipe for Blueberry Banana Muffins was originally published on August 28, 2011 as part of the Simple Sundays series. The recipe has been updated from the archives with updated content and photographs, as well as improved kitchen notes and recipe annotation. I hope you enjoy this favorite from my kitchen.
Blueberry Banana Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1/3 cup mashed banana approximately 1 very ripe banana
- 1 cup blueberries ideally fresh, divided
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F, with the rack placed in the center of the oven. Coat muffin cups with butter or cooking spray.
- Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl, making a well in the center. In a smaller bowl, whisk the eggs, and mix in the buttermilk and canola oil. Pour into the flour mixture and stir. Stir in the mashed banana and 1/2 cup blueberries. Use an ice cream scoop or large spoon to evenly distribute the batter into the muffin tin. Take remaining 1/2 cup of blueberries and put a few on top of each muffin, pressing lightly into the batter.
- Bake the muffins 15-20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of the muffin comes out clean. Let the muffins cool in the pan for about 5 minutes before removing them out of the pan. Serve whilst warm.
Notes
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Worldwide, there is no sharp distinction between “bananas” and “plantains”. Especially in the Americas and Europe, “banana” usually refers to soft, sweet, dessert bananas, particularly those of the Cavendish group, which are the main exports from banana-growing countries. By contrast, Musa cultivars with firmer, starchier fruit are called “plantains”. In other regions, such as Southeast Asia, many more kinds of banana are grown and eaten, so the simple two-fold distinction is not useful and is not made in local languages.”
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I found this recipe on foodgawker and made them for a playdate today. It was a huge hit with both adults and kids. Mine came out looking like yours as well and they are delicious. Thanks for sharing a great recipe!
So glad you found the recipe and enjoyed the muffins, Naoko!
Made these today & they came outlooking as perfect as your photos!! I’m so impressed! Better than that, they taste absolutely delish! They would definitely impress my neighbors if I was willing to share. I actually used olive oil and liked it. I think I’ll have the recipe memorized in a matter of weeks. So good! Thanks!
Hi Kate, this is a very late reply to your comment, so please forgive me. But I am SO glad you enjoyed the muffins and they came out great!
The muffin looks just lovely.
Beautiful muffins Liren…love the combination :)
Hi Liren– Just stumbled on your blog and I’m a little bit in love! Gorgeous photos and I love your recipe collection. These blueberry muffins look incredible.
Gorgeous looking muffins. Banana and blue berry are such great combo and i can only imagine how amazingly it must have filled up your kitchen with aroma.
I am repeating to myself that I have eaten supper and that I am full. I have eaten supper and I am full… Blueberry muffins… Does it get any more perfect than those? And your pictures… drool worthy. (I hope you understand thats a compliment). Congratulations on finally getting a stove. I can’t wait to see what you do with it next.
they’re beautiful! and sound delicious. think i saw them on tastespotting this morning?
Those are fabulous! I bet they taste wonderful.
Cheers,
Rosa
Perfection in muffin making. Really! GREG
Darn it. I wish this was my breakfast today instead of yogurt!
Your muffins look great, so cute. Love the munched photo.
this is rustic perfection. just lovely!
Beautiful photos!! And, I got to agree with Jennifer (from above)!
-Kathy from http://cupcakes-music-fashion.blogspot.com
I love blueberry muffins, and love your addition of banana. Even better! Yum!
By the way, your oven is SO clean!
These are certainly a wonderful way to welcome back the baking joy!
These are stunning…and your pictures are a feast for the eyes!
These muffins look absolutely lovely! And I second what a previous person said: you have an impeccably clean oven!! It puts mine to shame. Thanks for sharing!
My oven is newly installed, so that explains why it’s so clean. Maybe I’ll take a picture after I roast a chicken, those grates won’t be as shiny, I can assure you!
These are some of the clearest and best quality pictures I’ve seen! Muffins look lovely !
The sweetest way to start the day !
Oh gosh, these look beyond bakery-shop perfect! What a lovelylovely combo, im sure they are just as scrummy as they look too!
I love your muffins. Well done.
I love your muffins. Your oven looks so much cleaner than mine. If clealiness is next to godliness I am in big trouble right about now. Thanks for sharing your yummy recipe.
Thank you, Veronica. I wish my oven were always this clean, but truly, the only reason it is spotless is because it is brand new :)
I love pictures of your yummy muffins!!! You did an incredible job!!!
Oh Liren, you’ve put that new oven to good use with these beautiful tempting muffins!
Those look great. It’s the simple things in life like this that are so often taken for granted!
banana and blue berries – can anything get better than that for a muffin? I think not.
Your blueberries look so fresh and your oven so clean. I’m impressed with the photos
I am a carb addict, and muffins are my absolute FAVORITE morning carb treat. The fact that you made them with my favorite berry makes me want to kiss you full on the lips! Ooops… please forgive me. That may have been TMI. My inner carb addict was speaking.