Banana Peanut Butter Oatmeal Muffins March 6
Banana bread is a classic that I will always keep coming back to. It’s easy, it uses up those pesky overripe bananas, and it can be made in any number of variations. This is something of a variation on it, although I opted for a muffin form rather than a bread. These Banana Peanut Butter Oatmeal Muffins were inspired by a description of some muffins a friend tasted over 20 years ago. As you might imagine, those muffins involved peanut butter and banana - and made quite an impact to be remembered so many years later.! Of course, I have no way of knowing if these are anything like the original muffins, but they are quite tasty in their own right.
The muffins get most of their flavor from mashed bananas and peanut butter, with bananas being the primary flavor and peanut butter adding some unexpected richness. Just slightly overripe bananas add a lot of natural sweetness, but I also added some brown sugar to the muffins to emphasize it. Since my friend mentioned that her remembered-muffins had a little bit of texture to them, I was tempted to add in some bran to make them a bit coarser. Instead, I opted to add some quick cooking oatmeal which opened up the crumb a little and added a hint of nuttiness to complement the banana. The muffins are moist, and surprisingly light and fluffy on the inside - not heavy like bran muffins, or dense like many banana breads.
The muffins are filling, but you can probably eat two at a time without too much of a problem. These are great when topped with butter or extra peanut butter, and are very tasty when soft, fresh and eaten plain.
Banana Peanut Butter Oatmeal Muffins
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup quick-cooking oatmeal
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp vegetable oil
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 cup mashed banana (about 2 med.)
6 tbsp peanut butter (pref. creamy)
1 cup buttermilk
Preheat oven to 375F. Lightly grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, oatmeal, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
In a medium bowl, whisk together vegetable oil, brown sugar, eggs, mashed banana, peanut butter and buttermilk until very smooth, making sure all egg has been well-incorporated. Pour into flour mixture and stir until no streaks of flour remain.
Divide batter evenly into prepared muffin tin, filling each just about up to the top.
Bake for 16-20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and the top springs back when lightly pressed.
Remove muffins from tin and cool on a wire rack.
Makes 12.
Pennies on a Platter Mar 6
peanut butter…bananas…oatmeal…? I love the combination!!
Kelli Mar 6
banana & peanut butter are some of my favorite things to eat so these muffins sound like a perfect way to start my day. Definitely adding these to my “to bake” list!
Adi (oatonomy.com) Mar 6
Wow… that has to be the three best foods all combined into one glorious muffin. Yum!
Alisa - Frugal Foodie Mar 6
I just made a batch of nutritious banana muffins myself … enjoying with tea. I like your idea of adding pb, will have to try it!
Luci Stoddard Mar 6
Hmmm, banana and peanut butter? I would never have thought of putting the two together, but it sounds delicious. I’ll be baking them this weekend! Yum!
Penny Mar 6
I cannot believe it. I have 2 overripe bananas and a carton of buttermilk I need to use up! Thank-you!
Kerstin Mar 6
My favorite snack before I work out is a banana with a little peanut butter, so these sound fantastic! I’m going to save the recipe for the next time I have to bring breakfast in to lab meeting.
Elyse Mar 6
Mmm these look quite yummy. I love the addition of peanut butter!! Muffins are such a great snack!
Dani Mar 7
i can just taste it now! i have a pb and banana sandwich almost every morning for breakfast so this muffin would be a welcome variety in my house
Monet Mar 7
Peanut butter and banana is one of my favorite food combinations, so I’m really excited that you’ve posted this recipe. I can’t wait to try them out!
Chocolate and Toast Mar 7
Yummy! Must be something in the air, I was just over at Sugar Plum (www.visionsofsugarplum.com) and she has an amazing looking recipe–for a contest, no less-for Oatmeal Banana Bread Drop Doughnuts with Peanut Butter Glaze. Now I might have to make both!
LilSis Mar 7
Oh, I can’t wait to make these!They sound fantastic!
Penny Mar 7
I just baked up a batch of these and they are wonderful!! Very moist and flavorful and I feel halfway good about eating them with the oatmeal in them and only a small amount of oil.
unconfidentialcook.com Mar 7
Who doesn’t love banana and peanut butter? Another good excuse!
Ashanti Mar 7
Nic, if I were to substitute oatmeal for bran, would I still use 1cup of bran?
Tonya @ What’s On My Plate Mar 7
there sound absolutely delicious! this may be my new way to use up overripe bananas!
Lohrpie Mar 7
mmm i love peanut butter and bananas…i guess this is more grownup than peanut butter banana sandwiches lol
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Anna Mar 7
I made these for breakfast this morning, and they are so good! Thanks for the recipe.
Nicole Mar 8
Ashanti - That should work out fine for this recipe!
Yael Mar 8
The recipe looks great and easy. Also very suitable for kids.
I’m not too crazy about peanut butter. Does anyone have an idea what to replace it with?
Ashanti Mar 9
Thanks Nic.
@Yael, try almond butter.
Nicole Mar 9
Yael - I did a whole post on that subject that might be helpful: http://bakingbites.com/2009/02/alternatives-to-peanut-butter-in-baking/
Christine Mar 15
I’ve been reading your site for a few weeks now and love it. I just made these muffins this morning. They were perfect for a lazy, raining weekend morning and were good to eat warm right out of the oven!
Heli Mar 17
These were yummy. I left out the egg and added just a little bit of milk instead. I’m definitely making these again.
Ashanti Mar 27
I just made these with bran instead of oatmeal, and they are so delicious, this recipe is for keeps!!!!
Ashanti Mar 27
I just made these with bran instead of oatmeal, and they are so delicious, this recipe is for keeps!!!!
Florent Apr 13
Peanut butter and banana sounds weird to me but I have to agree those muffins look pretty good!
Ngoc Apr 17
I made these in a mini muffin pan and got 44 muffins. Good thing there’s plenty to go around because I ate more than my share within minutes of them being out of the oven.
Gina Sep 29
My boyfriend loves banana/peanut butter so maybe I’ll surprise him with some of these.
filta franchise Nov 6
Yes, I agree with you that the food make from banana is really tasty. I can recall my memory that how tasty peanut butter is! Anyways, thanks for your post.