Description
Homemade cinnamon banana bread muffins deliver classic comfort with warm spices and ripe bananas. Moist crumbs and sweet aroma invite quick breakfast or afternoon snack enjoyment you can savor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 large eggs
- ⅔ cup (160 ml) mashed ripe banana (about 2 small bananas)
- 1 ⅔ cup (200 grams) all-purpose flour
- ⅔ cup (160 ml) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (120 ml) vegetable or canola oil
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 tbsps (45 ml) salted butter, melted
- ¼ cup (60 ml) granulated sugar
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preparation: Preheat oven to 375°F and line a muffin pan with protective liners or spray with cooking spray.
- Mixing Base: Whisk together granulated sugar, vegetable oil, and eggs until smooth and fully incorporated, creating a uniform liquid foundation.
- Flavor Integration: Blend mashed bananas and vanilla extract into the sugar mixture, stirring until a consistent texture emerges.
- Dry Ingredient Incorporation: Fold in all-purpose flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, and salt using a gentle technique to maintain an airy batter consistency.
- Baking Process: Fill muffin cups three-quarters full with batter and bake for 16-21 minutes, watching for golden-brown tops that spring back when touched and pass the toothpick test.
- Cooling and Coating: Rest muffins in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack. Meanwhile, prepare cinnamon-sugar coating by mixing sugar and ground cinnamon in a separate bowl.
- Final Touch: Dip warm muffin tops in melted butter, then generously roll in the cinnamon-sugar mixture, ensuring complete coverage for a delectable exterior.
Notes
- Banana Ripeness Matters: Use overripe, brown-spotted bananas for maximum sweetness and deeper flavor intensity.
- Mixing Technique: Fold dry ingredients gently to prevent tough, dense muffins by avoiding overmixing the batter.
- Temperature Precision: Check oven accuracy with a kitchen thermometer to ensure perfect 375°F baking environment.
- Coating Timing: Dip muffins in butter and cinnamon-sugar while still warm for optimal coating adherence and flavor absorption.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 16-21 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 190
- Sugar: 13 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 27 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg