30 Minute Meals
Vegan Banana Bread Muffins
Prep
10 minutes
Cook
20 minutes
Yield
16 Muffins
🍌 Grandma's banana bread just got a plant-based makeover! These vegan banana bread muffins are so moist and delicious, you'll never believe they're dairy and egg-free. Perfect for grab-and-go breakfasts and yummy afternoon treats!
Most people grew up on banana bread and banana muffins. Everyone has a grandmother or mom who whipped up some sort of banana bread with their leftover bananas for the whole family to enjoy. Nothing beats banana bread! It’s so damn comforting, and I haven’t met a soul who doesn’t like it. These Vegan Banana Bread Muffins are perfect for an on-the-go breakfast, a lunchtime snack, or to pack in your gym bag for a little fuel pre- or post-workout.
❤️ Why You’ll Love These Vegan Banana Bread Muffins
- Easy: Banana muffins should never be complicated. This recipe takes only 30 minutes to make.
- Tasty: These muffins are so delicious that I bet you can’t eat just one! They go perfectly with your morning tea or coffee.
- Convenient: They can be perfect for when you’re on the go, or to throw in a lunch for a snack.
- Freezer-Friendly: Make a batch and freeze some to quickly thaw when you are ready for some more or have a busy day ahead.
🍲 Ingredients
Bananas – The best bananas for baking are super ripe ones, like the more brown spots the better. You can also use ones that have gone brown that you’ve frozen, just thaw them out and mash them up. They’ll look bad, but they aren’t! I made this banana muffin recipe with my friends at Chiquita because I love their bananas, and I don’t just love them, they’re the world’s most loved. For more than 100 years they’ve been producing the best bananas and delivering them around the world. Bananas are one of the best fruit sources for vitamin B6, provide 10% of your daily vitamin C needs, are loaded with potassium, can help aid digestion, and give you energy.
Flours – I use both all-purpose flour and almond flour. They both bring different textures to this recipe, and the almond flour brings great health benefits like monounsaturated fat, which can help keep cholesterol under control.
Eggs – Egg replacement is my go-to for baking as a vegan. However, you can also make a flax egg or if you aren’t vegan, you can use a regular egg.
👩🍳 How to Make Vegan Banana Bread Muffins
🪄 Tips & Tricks
- Bananas: I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again, use super ripe bananas. They will look like they’ve gone bad but this is the perfect way to use them up versus throwing them out.
- Egg replacement: If you aren’t vegan, you can use egg. If you are, you can make a flax egg, or 1/4 cup apple sauce (per egg).
- Don’t Overmix: Stir just until ingredients are combined to avoid tough muffins.
🗒 Substitutions
- Oil Options: Can I swap out coconut oil? Yes, you can use vegan or regular butter instead of coconut oil.
- Egg Replacement: Egg replacement is my go-to for baking as a vegan. However, you can also make a flax egg, or if you aren’t vegan, you can use a regular egg. If you are vegan, you can make a flax egg, or 1/4 cup of apple sauce (per egg).
- Flour Alternatives: Use all almond flour for a grain-free version, or substitute with a gluten-free flour blend for celiac-friendly muffins.
- Sweetener Swaps: Maple syrup or coconut sugar can replace brown sugar, though the texture may vary slightly.
🍌 Other Banana Recipes
👝 How to Store Leftovers
Store in an airtight container on your counter. To freeze, layer parchment paper in between layers of muffins in a tightly sealed container.
🤔 Common Questions
I find adding both almond flour and all-purpose flour helps make them nice and fluffy. It’s perfectly dense but also airy.
Most muffin recipes call for butter of some sort and an egg. You’ll need to use an egg replacement or a flax egg in place of the real eggs and swap out the butter for a vegan alternative. If the recipe calls for milk, you can use any plant-based milk option.
Yes! If you’re not vegan, regular eggs work perfectly. Use 2 large eggs in place of the egg replacer for the same binding effect.
Absolutely! Fold in 1/2 to 3/4 cup of chocolate chips, chopped walnuts, or dried fruit after combining wet and dry ingredients.
The riper, the better! Brown, spotted bananas that seem too ripe to eat are perfect for baking. They’re sweeter and mash more easily.
A toothpick inserted in the center should come out clean or with just a few moist crumbs. The tops should spring back lightly when touched.
Vegan Banana Bread Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 3 ripe banans medium-sized, mashed
- 6 tbsp. melted coconut oil or vegan butter
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg replacement
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 tbsp. almond milk
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425F.
- Lightly coat 10 muffin tin liners with coconut oil spray.
- Into a large bowl, combine the flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
- In a medium-sized bowl, mash your bananas with a fork. Whisk in the melted oil or butter, brown sugar egg replacement, vanilla and almond milk.
- Add the flour mixture to banana mixture and stir with a wooden spoon to well combine. You can now dollop equal amounts of batter into 1o muffin cups. Bake for 5 minutes at 425F and then for 15 minutes at for 350F.
- Cool for 5 minutes in the muffin pan and remove and cool completely on wire rack. Serve with vegan butter!
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I have found my “go to” banana muffin recipe. I love that I can make these with either a regular egg/milk for myself or flax egg/almond milk for my vegan friends. They came out so moist and full of flavour… 10000/10 would recommend!!
Thank you so much, LIsa!!!!
Love this! The banana bread muffins turned out delicious, fluffy and just amazing. Definitely will make again. 🙂
Makes me so happy, thank you Frances!
Amazinggggg! Definitely a family favorite!
Thank you so much for your love, Ruth!!!!
These were soooo delicious and moist. I subbed the almond flour for freshly milled whole wheat flour from my friend’s farm because I didn’t have any almond flour on hand. 10/10 will absolutely make again.
Yes!! So good to hear that this recipe worked perfectly fine without the Almond Flour for anyone with any nut allergies!!
Easily the best banana muffins I have ever had! So moist! Anytime I give these away, people ask for the recipe!
THANK YOU SO MUCH SHANNON!