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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.
I’m going to make these tomorrow… does anyone know if I can substitute while whole wheat flour for the all-purpose flour?
This is my favorite muffin recipe from your site (so far). Very moist, sweet muffins. My son LOVES them! THANKS!
Just made these and they made 48 mini muffins for me. Gave some to the kids and they weren’t that impressed. I used steel cut oats as I don’t like regular oatmeal and because the oats were crunchy the muffins weren’t as much of a hit as I thought they would be. I guess I’ll be eating them myself so it’s a good thing I can freeze them. Next time I’ll skip the oats and add more diced apples. Overall, pretty good recipe though.
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Make these all the time b/c they are my 2-year-old’s favorite! This time I doubled the batch and in place of 2 of the bananas I added a grated mango. So delicious! Thank you so much, Catherine, for giving us these wonderful recipes that we can use as a framework for our own creations. You make me feel like I am a cooking genius and I am so grateful!
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Just made this, yummy but a little chewey, I think because of the honey. Made a second batch, omitted the apples and used Nutella instead of the honey. Also real yummy and not chewey. yum yum.
Just made these for my daughter’s first day of preschool tomorrow – they are soooo good and smell amazing too! I’m sure my daughter and 16mo old son will love them! Thanks – loving your recipes these days – made your choc-chip granola bars last week and will never buy store bought again! 🙂
Oh that takes me back to the childhood and my gotdnmraher s “cold room” where all the food was stored. There was one of these Mr Bears too, I am sure he still is there on the rose-patterned shelves, but very empty (:
Skipped the milk all together and they came out great!
Crazy question… I can’t find my baking soda (don’t ask, we’re moving), do you think I can still make the recipe with more baking powder? Or will they not rise properly?
Just made a batch using a single snack pack of natural apple sauce instead of grating up an apple and they came out great. If you have jar apple sauce it would probably be about 1/2cup of apple sauce.
You can use sugar instead of honey or agave but you need the baking soda in this recipe. The baking soda acts as a leavener , far different from sugar which is for flavor.
If I used sugar instead of honey/agave, do I also then omit the baking soda?