Banana Nut Muffins – best banana nut muffins you will ever have, with some tips and tricks on how to make your muffins have a big muffin top.
Muffins are probably one of the first things I learned to make, but I still remember the days when I used to buy the muffin mix and use that to make muffins. Little did I know how easy the batter really is to make. I love to make all sort of muffins, but probably the most popular muffins I make are these banana nut muffins.
For these muffins I wanted them to have a bigger top, so in order for this to happen your batter needs to be thicker than usual muffin batter. The other thing you’ll need to do is fill the muffin cups to the top if not more, and because this batter is thicker, it’s not going to flatten out as you bake them.
Another trick I learned, is that to cause the muffins to dome, you have to first preheat your oven to 425 F degrees and then bring it down to 400 F degrees when you place the muffins in the oven.
The batter is a simple banana nut muffins batter. In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar and baking powder to which you add the butter and cut it in using a pastry blender or just a couple forks. I just recently bought this pastry blender
Butter a muffin tray, or use muffin liners, I prefer to use muffin liners. Spoon the muffin batter equally into the muffin cups. For me it was enough batter for 12 muffins.
As I mentioned before, preheat your oven first to 425 F degrees, then turn it down to 400 F degrees when you’re ready to place the muffins in the oven. Bake them for about 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
You’ll end up with a dozen gorgeous muffins. Aren’t they cute?
For more delicious muffins, give these a try:
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Banana Nut Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar granulated
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 4 tbsp butter unsalted, 1/2 stick
- 1/2 cup pecans chopped, or walnuts
- 3 small bananas ripe, or 2 large ones
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Butter a 12 muffin baking pan or line it with muffin liners.
- In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, and baking powder. Using a pastry blender cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add the pecans and stir.
- In a mixer bowl, add the bananas, milk, eggs and vanilla and mix for a few seconds. Add the banana mixture to the flour mixture and using a spatula mix everything until flour is moistened, please note the batter will be lumpy.
- Spoon the muffin batter equally into the muffin cups. For me it was enough batter for 12 muffins.
- Turn down the oven to 400 F degrees and place the muffins in the oven. Bake them for about 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
christine keath says
The pan looks like a popover pan. Was popover pan used?
Jo Cooks Team says
A popover pan or muffin tin will work!
Suzette says
made these a couple of times…. I like to sprinkle Tubinado sugar ( coarse brown sugar) before baking.
Ana says
I just popped these into the oven! They already smell yummy. Michaels has the cutest muffin cupcake liners in their dollar section. I’m currently using white with yellow polka dots for these good morning muffins.
jo says
Hi Ana,
Yes they do!! I love shopping there. Let me know how you like the muffins. 🙂
Tal says
Delicious.
Jam says
Hi! Where did you find/buy your muffin pan and your liners?
jo says
Hi Jam,
I bought them at Ikea.