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Healthy Banana Bread Muffins with Walnuts

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These Healthy Banana Bread Muffins with Walnuts are what dreams are made of! So moist and packed with that tasty banana flavor, these are incredibly easy banana bread muffins.

I just HAD to reinvent my mom’s classic recipe to make these Healthy Banana Bread Muffins with Walnuts.

My mama bakes the best banana bread muffins… they are perfectly moist with LOTS of banana flavor and made with walnuts. Wanna know her secret to the best banana bread muffins? Keep reading to find out!

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What are Healthy Banana Bread Muffins with Walnuts made with?

  • less sugar

  • whole wheat flour

  • and yes, that extra banana! (mama’s secret weapon).

Also subbed in maple syrup instead of white sugar into this recipe. Oh, yes!

These Healthy Banana Bread Muffins with Walnuts are what dreams are made of! So moist and packed with that tasty banana flavor, these are incredibly easy banana bread muffins.

How to make healthy banana bread muffins?

I’ve worked on making the best ever healthy banana bread muffins with walnuts for a while! This recipe has been tested over and over and over and over to perfect it. These Healthy Banana Bread Muffins with Walnuts are perfectly moist with LOTS of banana flavor. You’re going to LOVE these!

These banana bread muffins have the right balance of walnuts: not too many walnuts, but enough to give that yummy crunchy texture and warm nutty flavor.

How to make banana bread more moist?

That extra banana! It’s mama’s secret weapon for making banana bread more flavorful and moist. Another tip for making banana bread more moist is using the extra ripe bananas that are practically black because they are even sweeter.

Also, don’t overwork the batter by over-mixing. When you mix the batter too much (especially when working with whole wheat wheat or all purpose flour), it over develops the gluten network in the bread and makes a tougher muffin.

So you want to make chocolate banana bread muffins?

Ummm, that sounds amazing. I do have these chocolate almond butter banana oat muffins you could make or you could totally just add 1/3 to 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips to this recipe.

These Healthy Banana Bread Muffins with Walnuts are what dreams are made of! So moist and packed with that tasty banana flavor, these are incredibly easy banana bread muffins.

Looking for more muffin recipes?

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

 

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These Healthy Banana Bread Muffins with Walnuts are made with less sugar, whole wheat flour, and yes, that extra banana! We even subbed in maple syrup instead of white sugar into this recipe.

Healthy Banana Bread Muffins with Walnuts

★★★★★

5 from 8 reviews
  • Author: Kristina LaRue
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 14 mins
  • Total Time: 24 mins
  • Yield: 24 mini muffins 1x
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Description

These Healthy Banana Bread Muffins with Walnuts are made with less sugar, whole wheat flour, and yes, that extra banana! We even subbed in maple syrup instead of white sugar into this recipe.

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Ingredients

  • 4 bananas, pureed (1 1/2 cups pureed bananas)
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup walnut oil
  • 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare 24 count mini muffin tin with cooking spray or butter.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together bananas, egg, walnut oil, maple syrup and vanilla extract until combined.
  3. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon to bowl and mix together just until combined taking care not to over mix.
  4. Fold in walnuts.
  5. Spoon batter into muffin tins and bake in 350 degree F oven for 14-15 minutes, or until muffins spring back on the top and toothpick inserted into the muffins is done.
  • Category: Bakery
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 mini muffin
  • Calories: 100
  • Sugar: 7g
  • Sodium: 59mg
  • Fat: 4g
  • Saturated Fat: 0g
  • Unsaturated Fat: 3g
  • Trans Fat: 0g
  • Carbohydrates: 14g
  • Fiber: 1g
  • Protein: 2g
  • Cholesterol: 8mg

Keywords: banana bread, walnuts, banana

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    • Kristina LaRue, RD, CSSD says

      I dont have the calorie info on this recipe but an be entered into MyFitnessPal recipe analyzer– just drop the URL and it will compute the info. Also– coconut flour and almond flour isn’t a 1 for 1 sub. Typically almond flour can replace 1/3 to 1/2 of all purpose flour a recipe, but you’d still need a little AP flour to get tenderness desired. Coconut flour is a different animal all together. Usually I find that only 1/4 to 1/3 cup coconut flour is required when a recipe calls for a cup of all purpose or whole grain flour. Often though additional binders and leavening agents are needed when using coconut flour in a recipe. If you give it a try, let us know!

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  4. Rachel says

    Oh man! This looks so good. I always have bananas in my house so this is def gonna be tried out soon!

    ★★★★★

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  9. Sarah says

    You can’t beat delicious and healthy banana bread muffins! I love the addition of walnut oil in these and will have to pick some up, this recipe gives me a reason too.

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  11. Jordan says

    I always loved my momma’s banana bread too. Can’t wait to try your recipe – love that these are naturally sweetened! The texture looks perfect.

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  21. Andrea NW says

    Hey there! What temperature for the oven? I might be looking right at it, but can’t see an oven temp! Thanks!! These look great 🙂

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