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Apple Banana Muffins are one of my fave healthy go-to’s for breakfast, snacks, or to put in the lunch box! They’re packed with fruit, fiber and just the right amount of natural sweetness.
I’ve been making Apple Banana Muffins since Kenya and Chloe were toddlers. We used to load them up in their double stroller and go on long walks around our neighborhood, excitedly pointing out every tree and cars, singing and giggling all the while. Along our usual walking path, some of our neighbors fruit trees had branches extending over the sidewalk brimming with everything from oranges, to plums, to kumquats, and apples. There was so much of it, Kenya loved bringing along a tote bag to pick fruit (this is exactly how I was as a kid, loving every minute of picking apples from our local orchard, so, pun not intended, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree), then we would go home and cook up something delicious with them.
You can make these muffins with all kinds of different apple varieties. Some of my favorites are Gala, Fuji, and Pippin (if you want them to be a little more tart) or any good baking apple will do nicely. The addition of the bananas in these muffins give them a divinely moist texture, while also adding some valuable nutrients like potassium.
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These naturally sweet Apple and Bananas Muffin make a great breakfast, snack or lunch, but I highly encourage you to make a batch to freeze so that you always have a bunch when you need them at the ready. Keep them on hand so you have the perfect portable treat for rides to and from school, activities and yes, family walks around your own neighborhood!
Need more muffin inspiration? Especially in the fall I make Sweet Potato Muffins andPumpkin Muffins which you can also top with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting (frosting recipe can be found in the pumpkin muffin recipe).
What’s your favorite muffin to bake? Tell me in the comments below.
Apple Banana Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil
- 1/2 cup agave or honey
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed
- 1 medium apple, peeled and grated
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine the first 6 ingredients in a bowl and mix.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the remaining ingredients together.
- Slowly add the flour mixture into the wet ingredients and stir until just combined.
- Grease a mini or regular muffin tin or line it with muffin cups and fill each cup 3/4 full with the batter.
- Bake for 14 minutes for mini muffins or 20 minutes for regular muffins or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Yum! Made these today and everyone loved them, they’re just as good as everyone says!
Thank you!! These are SO good!! My kids loved and I all loved them!
Thats such a bummer, do you have a local farmers market? I have no tried it with apple sauce but if you do , let me know how they work out!
I wonder if organic applesauce can be substituted for the grated apples? My grocery does not sell organic apples, but we have tons of apple sauce!
Wonderful – will make today. I love your site! I’m also glad that pumpkin is back in the stores. I have been craving the pumpkin waffles and now we can have them – yippie!
As for the sweetener question…I always use real maple syrup in my baking. I also cut the amount a bit as I find the fruit keeps these pretty sweet and delicious – great recipe we made them this morning – yummy!
Just made these! Yummy! The whole house smells like banana-apple baking! My 2 year old is loving them. Perfect recipe for the day. I had 2 bananas sitting on my counter that were over-ripe. I was planning to turn them into pancakes in the morning. This worked perfectly, instead! I got way more than 24 out of these. I used a 20 muffin, mini-muffin tin for my daughter and I still had enough batter left over for 6 (adult-sized) muffins for me and my husband!
P.S. – Baby #2 due in August. I know honey is a no-no before 1 year old. When baby #2 is old enough for finger foods, can he have the agave version of this? Is agave safe for under 1 year?
I didn’t test it without the honey or agave. You can try using sugar but I’m not sure for the exact measurements. But you can use maple syrup with the same measurements that the recipe gives for the honey. If you test it out let me know how they turn out!
Any chance there is another option to replace the honey or agave?
Nicole-just substitute with soy, almond or rice milk. That’s what I always do for my little man!
I would do half whole wheat and half white flour, so it is nice and fluffy 🙂
Would whole wheat flour work?
I just baked this and am in LOVE. I originally made them for my toddler, but I ended up eating half! haha!
If you don’t mind, I’ll be talking about this recipe in my blog post on Monday at http://somaybemomwasright.blogspot.com/.
Thanks for sharing!
You can use almond milk or rice milk 🙂
mt little lady can’t have dairy, what is a good sub for the milk?
Just made these! So yummy they are almost all gone already:)