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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.
Sounds amazing!!!!!
I just made these muffins…sort of. I made the batter with just the bananas and used whole milk plain organic yogurt, whole wheat pastry flour, and honey – and used 2 eggs instead of one. When I put them in the mini muffin pan I added a few blueberries in the middle for a ‘surprise treat’. Yummy!
that’s interesting. Maybe. Have you tried making it with honey instead?
Hi. It is the third time I bake muffins with agave and it turns out a little salty. Do you think the agave I buy here at Spain could be lighter in flavor and sweetness? Thanks. Aline
Catherine-These are delicious! I doubled the recipe since I had extra banana’s and the guys at the police department love snacks! I made mine in a regular sized muffin pan and they are so tasty! Thank you for another winning recipe!
These are so good! We used mini muffin tins for these, the picture is up close so it doesn’t look little. Let me know how they are! You can also use regular muffin tins as well.
I’m excite to try this – do I use a regular muffin pan or one of those with the tiny, 1.5″ muffins? The recipe said mini-muffins but the pic didn’t look so little.
Really like the healthy way to prepare desert for my son. He ate 5! And I’m so happy that it’s actually a healthy treat! Thanks! I love this site!
I made 44 mini muffins w/ this recipe! 🙂 These are great!! Thanks AGAIN!
Thank you! We have a carrot/pineapple muffin, have you seen it? http://b12.ba4.myftpupload.com/2009/12/09/carrot-pineapple-muffins/
Thank you! I can’t believe how quickly you responded to my question. Ever since having my son and losing all the baby weight I’m trying to eat healthy for the both of us! That includes watching my calories. :o( If you have sites that do this I would love to see!
BTW, I made these last night using applesauce instead of apples and he LOVED them this morning. He ate two muffins! I was shocked. Can’t wait to see if you come up with a carrot muffin. :o)
Thanks again. Love the site!
If you use 3tbsp of melted smart balance you cut 5 calories and 1 g of fat! Even better!!!
I use myfitnesspal.com. It’s a free calorie counting site. I enter the recipe and servings and it gives me the breakdown. For one mini muffin it’s 86 cal/2 g fat/0 Sat Fat/8 g sugar/2 g protein. The sugar is kind of high but it’s natural from the banana and apple. And it still doesn’t compare to the amount of sugar in grockery store bought muffins.
I don’t count the calories for my son, he’s 3 years old so I just offer him healthy choices and let hime eat until he decides he’s full. However, I do tend to also eat the food that I make for him from this website and by using the mfp website I can account for what I eat and control my portions. I have to say that everything I have made is much healthier than anything I can find in the grocery, and even if the calories are the same or similar…you get many more nutrients from your food making it as opposed to buying processed. Plus there’s no preservatives,chemicals, dyes, etc….Kuddo’s to Catherine for keeping our kids healthy (and us mama’s too!)
With Weelicious, we try to get people to focus on health and moderation in eating and since we’re primarily a kid’s website we try not to focus on calorie count. I know that there are programs that you can use to input the ingredients to find out the calorie count but I’ve never personally used them myself. If you like for me to look into any of these sites, I’d be happy to help you.
any idea the calories on each one?
I used steel cut oats and they were awesome! The steel cut oats gave them lots of crunch. The recipe generously made 20 mini muffins and 6 full size muffins. My 12 month old couldn’t stop eating them (nor could my husband). Thanks! 🙂