Apple Banana Muffins with Oats
Our Apple Banana Oat Nut Muffins recipe is a scrumptious, healthier breakfast. My recipe has no butter and is packed with fresh apple tidbits and bananas!
BANANAS
Did you know that you can freeze bananas? Peel them first! Bananas have a tendency to over ripen so very quickly, don’t they! Peel them, and freeze them whole in freezer bags and you will have bananas at the ready for smoothies, bread or any recipe which calls for mashed bananas.
INSPIRED BY ELLIE
My almost 2 years old great niece, Ellie, stayed with us when her new baby brother was born recently. You can read about his interesting arrival here. Ellie calls muffins, ‘cup cakes’! Isn’t that just precious! Imagine how slick we think we are handing those healthy nutritious muffins over to a child who thinks she is eating cup cakes! She doesn’t even care that they don’t have icing on them!
Inspired by Ellie, I got busy in my kitchen this week and created my own recipe for Apple Banana Oat Nut Muffins. I had all of the ingredients to make banana nut bread but I also had some apples so I decided to incorporate them into the recipe as well for some added flavor, natural sweetener and a little punch of Vitamin C.
APPLES
Apples are rich in Vitamins B, C and Fiber. They are even believed to lower bad cholesterol. Once my husband read that we started keeping apples in the kitchen all the time. We frequently enjoy an apple as our afternoon snack.
Cooking with apples is one of my favorite things. They are good for sweet and savory recipes. I even enjoy apples simmered with onions as a topping for pork chops! Yummy! If you type ‘APPLE’ into the Search Bar on this blog, you can scroll lots of apple recipes.
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BIG CHUNKS OF APPLES
I peeled and chopped my apple in the mini food processor which makes the apple pieces very small and even pulverized. If you want larger apple chunks in your muffins, chop by hand on your cutting board.
HOT OR COLD
These muffins are good cold to me but you can heat them for a few seconds in the microwave if you prefer warm muffins.
These muffins are easy to make and kid friendly. They mix by hand using a whisk so there is no need to take out the mixer for this one! We skipped the butter in our streusel topping. It is just a little brown sugar and oatmeal mixture you will sprinkle on top before baking.
Bananas are naturally sweet and the more ripe they are, the sweeter they are. So we use ripe bananas for our natural sweetener and we only use 1/2 cup of sugar in this recipe.
Apple Banana Oat Muffins Easy Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 medium ripe bananas
- 1 large ripe sweet apple
- 2 cups sifted all purpose whole wheat flour
- ½ cup chopped nuts (pecans or walnuts) Optional
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 Tbsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. Cinnamon OPTIONAL
- 1 large egg
- 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
- 1 Cup 2% milk
- TOPPING
Streusal Topping
- 1/4 Cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 Cup rolled oats
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Mix the brown sugar and rolled oats together in a small bowl and set aside.
- Sift flour into mixing bowl and stir in all the dry ingredients.
- Peel and mash the bananas into a separate bowl.
- Peel the apple, core and cut into tiny tidbits.
- Mix the apple and bananas together, stir well. Add in the dry ingredients along with the egg, nuts and milk. Stir the mixture well by hand for several minutes. Batter will be lumpy.
- Fill prepared muffin cups ⅔ full with batter and top with a sprinkling of the streusel topping.
- Bake for approximately 25 minutes. Oven temperatures vary. Muffins are done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Serve and enjoy! These muffins are good hot or cold.
Nutrition Information
Yield
12Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 193Total Fat 4gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 17mgSodium 411mgCarbohydrates 38gFiber 4gSugar 18gProtein 5g
Nutrition information is estimated and may not be exact based on uncontrolled variables in home kitchens used by each individual cook.
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Leanna says
These sound really good, and like Ellie I love muffins as much as cupcakes. Pinning to try, these look great.
Shirley says
Hi Leanna, these are my personal favorite muffins of all time. If anyone is trying to add some fiber to their diet without eating food with no flavor, this recipe is a keeper.
Erlene says
Ooo…apples and bananas sounds delicious! I’ve made apple muffins and banana muffins separately, but never together. Definitely have to try this mix. Pinned and featured it on this week’s Merry Monday.
Kim~madeinaday says
Great way to add fruit, nuts and oats together. I need this for a diet I am trying to master! Sharing on Twitter! #MM
Kim
Agness of Run Agness Run says
I love this exquisite muffin recipe, Shirley! Can’t wait to prepare it myself.
Marilyn Lesniak says
Apples and bananas make such a great combination. I can’t wait to try these. Thank you for sharing on #overthemoon!
Lory from The Robin's Nest Designs says
These look so good! I am on a diet and am looking for ideas that incorporate fruit so this is perfect for me. Thanks for sharing. 🙂 I would love for you to come link up this and other recipes at my link up party that is going on right now. http://www.therobinsnestdesigns.com/feather-your-nest-friday-link-up-5/
Lory xo
Jen@The Evolution of Mom says
I would love to keep a stash of these in the freezer for breakfasts. Yum! Thanks for linking up with us at Momma Told Me. We love your shares!
~Jen
Brittany says
I definitely want to try these – I need some healthy breakfast ideas! Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty – we hope to see you again next week 🙂
Jennie @ TheHousewifeModern says
Just went and pinned this. Looks great and nice to see a breakfast muffin that isn’t straight butter and sugar (haha).
Jennie
p.s. I found your post via “Pinterest Party” on Recipes for our Daily Bread.
p.p.s. Planning on going to check out your Pinterest page right now!
Alli says
I’m actually a huge fan of apples AND bananas – and nuts and oats. 🙂 I always freeze my bananas to make smoothies and faux ice cream. Muffins are one of my favorite treats. They are portable, require no eating utensils are are perfect for an on-the-go breakfast or snack. This one is definitely a keeper! Yum-o!
Jennifer @ Organized Home Organized School says
Mmmmmm…I’ll be trying these in the morning! I will probably substitute the 2% milk with almond milk (we are trying to cut dairy out of our diet), and omit the nuts (some nut allergies in our home), but I bet it will turn out just as tasty. Thanks for the idea!
Lorelai @ Life With Lorelai says
I’m not a big apple or banana person, but I know Rory would love these. 🙂
~Lorelai
Life With Lorelai
Krista says
These look delicious! I don’t even peel my bananas first, I just throw them in the freezer when they start to over ripen, I have a couple in there now that I’m going to make this recipe with! Thanks
Erlene says
I see you found something to help keep the little one busy 🙂 It’s always nice to have little helpers in the kitchen. Pinned this and will give this a try for a quick breakfast for the kiddos.