Pumpkin Banana Muffins (Print)
Moist muffins combining pumpkin, banana, and warm spices—quick to mix, bake, and enjoy at breakfast or as a snack.
# What You Need:
→ Produce
01 - 1 cup pumpkin puree
02 - 1 large ripe banana, mashed
→ Wet Ingredients
03 - 2 large eggs
04 - 1/2 cup vegetable oil
05 - 1/3 cup milk
06 - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
→ Dry Ingredients
07 - 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
08 - 3/4 cup granulated sugar
09 - 1/4 cup brown sugar
10 - 1 teaspoon baking soda
11 - 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
12 - 1/2 teaspoon salt
13 - 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
14 - 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
15 - 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
→ Optional
16 - 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
17 - 1/2 cup chocolate chips
# How to Make:
01 - Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners or grease each cup lightly.
02 - In a large mixing bowl, whisk together pumpkin puree, mashed banana, eggs, vegetable oil, milk, and vanilla extract until smooth and homogenous.
03 - In a separate bowl, combine all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and ground ginger.
04 - Add dry ingredients to the wet mixture and gently stir until just combined. Avoid overmixing to ensure tender muffins.
05 - Fold in chopped walnuts, pecans, or chocolate chips if desired, distributing them evenly throughout the batter.
06 - Divide batter evenly among the 12 prepared muffin cups, filling each approximately three-quarters full.
07 - Place the tin on the center oven rack and bake for 20 to 22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin emerges clean.
08 - Allow muffins to cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then remove and transfer to a wire rack. Let cool completely before serving.
# Expert Advice:
01 -
- The muffins are so moist it's almost like tasting autumn in breakfast form.
- They're forgiving: a little messy banana or a heavier hand with the cinnamon only makes them better.
02 -
- Once, impatiently unmolding too soon led to half the batch breaking apart—give those few minutes in the pan for best texture.
- It took me a couple tries to realize overmixing makes them tough, so fold with care.
03 -
- Check your muffins just before the minimum baking time—they can dry out fast.
- Sprinkling cinnamon sugar on top before baking gives an irresistible sweet crunch.