Take any of the banana bread recipes you know, cut the baking time to 20 minutes and you’ve got a great banana muffin recipe. However, if you’re new to this kind of sweets, you can try our banana nut muffins easy recipe by following the instructions below. It’s easy to prepare and even easier to eat.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour (all purpose flour is good, whole-grain flour is even better)
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 3 bananas, mashed (pick really ripe bananas, the kind than nobody feels like eating them anymore)
• 1 cup nuts, chopped, raw or toasted (pecans or walnuts are also great)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sugar (if you want them sweeter, make it 3/4 cup)
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 20-25 minutes

Makes 12 muffins

How to cook the banana nut muffins:

As usually when baking muffins, the dry ingredients need to be mixed together in a bowl and the wet ingredients in another one. Beat the eggs before mixing them with the rest of the stuff. Then gently add the wet ingredients mix to the dry mix, stirring carefully, until you get a thick and chunky batter. When ready, with a spoon or an ice scoop, fill the cups in the muffin tin, previously greased or lined with paper cups. Greasing the tin is fine, but paper cups ease very much your cleaning work after the cooking is done. Bake the muffins for 18-20 minutes, then try them with a toothpick to check if they are done. Let them cool a little before taking them out of the pan.