Small-batch banana muffins
Quick recipe to turn two ripe bananas into six muffins when you want a fresh snack or simple breakfast; works any time you have 30–50 minutes. Use this when you have limited ingredients and a single oven rack available.
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Quick recipe to turn two ripe bananas into six muffins when you want a fresh snack or simple breakfast; works any time you have 30–50 minutes. Use this when you have limited ingredients and a single oven rack available.
Two overripe bananas on the counter, basic baking staples nearby, a cold oven, and an empty 6-cup muffin tin.
Only two ripe bananas and scaled-down quantities are needed, so I need accurate small-batch measurements; I also must preheat the oven while I finish prep to keep total time short.
Six golden banana muffins are baked, cooled enough to handle, and the countertop is wiped with used dishes placed in the sink.
- • Ripe bananas — 2 piece
- • All-purpose flour — 1.25 cup
- • Granulated sugar — 0.33 cup
- • Baking powder — 1 tsp
- • Baking soda — 0.5 tsp
- • Salt — 0.25 tsp
- • Egg — 1 piece
- • Vegetable oil or melted butter — 0.33 cup
- • Milk — 0.25 cup
- • Optional mix-ins (chopped nuts or chocolate chips) — 0.25 cup
- • Paper muffin liners — 6 piece
- • Oven — 1
- • 6-cup muffin tin — 1
- • Mixing bowls — 2
- • Whisk or fork — 1
- • Rubber spatula or spoon — 1
- • Measuring cups and spoons — 1 set
- • Cooling rack — 1
- 01Preheat oven and prepare tinPreheat the oven to 350°F (175°C), place paper liners in the 6-cup muffin tin, and set the tin on the counter ready to fill⏱ 5분
- 02Measure dry ingredientsCombine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl and whisk briefly to distribute the leaveners evenly⏱ 10분
- 03Mix wet ingredients and mash bananasIn a second bowl mash the bananas with a fork, then add egg, oil (or melted butter), and milk and whisk until smooth⏱ 5분
- 04Combine batter and portionPour wet into dry, stir until just combined (do not overmix), fold in optional mix-ins, then divide batter evenly into the six liners using a spoon or scoop⏱ 25분
- 05Bake, cool, and cleanBake on the middle rack for 18–22 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean, cool muffins in the tin 5 minutes then transfer to a rack and wipe the countertop, placing used bowls in the sink⏱ 5분