These banana pecan muffins are perfect for when you have company – like I do right now. They are quick to put together, they are really moist so they keep well, and they toast up wonderfully the next day in the frying pan (if there are any left!)
The Recipe
by volume                            by weight
1 cup all purpose flour              120 grams all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda            6 grams baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt                   1 gram salt
1 cup mashed, ripe bananas        300 grams mashed, ripe bananas
1/2 cup brown sugar                99 grams brown sugar
6 tablespoons melted butter       3 ounces melted butter
1 large egg                          68 grams eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla                  4 grams vanilla
3/4 cup chopped pecans, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 90 grams chopped pecans,
divided                               divided
Directions
Mash one banana coarsely and one banana finely.
Mix the finely mashed banana, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt until homogenized.
Add the melted butter, egg, and vanilla and stir until smooth. Next, mix in the flour and stir just to combine all of the ingredients.
Finally, stir in the coarsely mashed banana and 1/2 cup of the chopped nuts. Don’t overmix.
Scoop the batter into a muffin tin or muffin papers.
Sprinkle the tops of the muffins with the remaining nuts and a little brown sugar.
Bake at 350F until golden brown and firm to the touch, approximately 20 to 25 minutes.
Alternatives
The nuts in these muffins can easily be changed to your favorite -macadamias, walnuts, and hazelnuts all work well. Another option is to brown the butter when you melt it to give the muffins an extra nutty taste. You could also add 1/2 cup of dried fruit of your choice. My favorites are dates and figs but cranberries, raisins, and currants are also excellent choices. Chocolate chips also work REALLY well!
I use disposable paper muffin cups because they look really nice and because I hate washing muffin tins. These aren’t the same as cupcake pan liners – they are much more sturdy and have a solid bottom. You can order them here if you’re interested. Since these muffin papers are large, the recipe only makes 4 muffins. It would normally make 6 average sized banana pecan muffins.
These sound amazing! Healthy, too. I know my boyfriend would absolutely love these. I’ll have to give your recipe a try. 🙂
Christe’s Take on Life. xx
They look delicious. I would change the sugar with honey since I don’t eat sugar anymore and I am sure they would come out great too!
I’m sure honey would be delicious too. I’ll give that a try!
Yum, they sound delish! Would make a great snack right about now! Thanks for sharing, I’ll have to give it a try.
Lennae xxx
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Mmm, they look scrumptious. I need to make some. I do love my muffins!
Pecans are not available everywhere. The recipe looks awesome and am sure will taste the same..great!
Nuts of any kind will work well — pick your favorite or leave them out entirely. They will still be delicious!
Great, looks tasty. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
I will definitely try to veganize these next time I have friends over. i will use flax eggs instead and hope for the best. They look so yummy!
Flax will work really well with these. Let me know how they turn out for you!
I love Pecan and its combo with banana in a muffin sounds incredibly delicious. Thanks for sharing the recipe with us. Can’t wait to try!
Delicious, simple and quick to make. Definitely my kind of recipe to try. Great job!
This recipe looks so yummy! I love muffins and I have to try this recipe. It looks super easy.
These look amazing and fairly healthy. I’ll have to try these soon
I think these muffins would be amazing with macadamia nuts. I just wish my daughter were into banana flavoring more. She’s ok with bananas but she doesn’t seem to love banana bread or anything like that. I may just have to make this one just for me.
Yummmm
Loved the recipe as well as the paper muffin cups ?
Also, good alternatives suggested dear ??
Thanks for sharing!
I am sooo not a baker but these look amazing. Also love that the muffins not can easily be changed. Have you done that.
So glad I came over this post. I got another recipe to try on. Thanks for sharing your recipe. I hope I can successfully make this on my own too.
Thanks, great article.