These light and moist vegan banana muffins make a delicious breakfast treat, perfect in lunch boxes or a lovely teatime snack.
I hope it isn't just me that seems to end up with over-ripe bananas lamenting in the fruit bowl all too often. During lockdown in March my Vegan Banana Cake recipe went crazy on Google - everyone wanted to make banana bread, but couldn't get hold of any eggs. I hope many of them realised how easy and delicious an egg-free cake can be, and might even try some more vegan baking sometime!
There is something very satisfying about taking something teetering on the brink of going off, (a really brown banana than my kids refuse to eat), and turning it into something so incredibly delicious in just 30 minutes.
This banana muffin recipe is really straightforward - a one-bowl recipe, no weird ingredients, step-by-step photos to help you along the way. If you haven't baked a vegan cake before, this is a great place to start!
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📝 What you need
Ingredients
Bananas Ripe bananas are brilliant here, in fact far better to bake with than slightly under-ripe green-ish ones.
Dairy-free butter Try to use a good block margarine if you can, (rather than a tub of spread). The water content is much lower so it is so much better to bake with. My favourites are Flora Plant Butter and Naturli block margarine, both widely available in supermarkets.
Dairy-free yoghurt This does the job of an egg-replacer (along with the bananas), without the need for any weird ingredients or vinegar. Choose an unsweetened yoghurt if you can, you don't need any more sweetness. I usually use soya yoghurt as it has the highest protein content so behaves most like an egg, but oat or coconut yoghurts will also work well if they are all you can get hold of.
Sugars I've used a combination of dark brown and caster sugar for a lovely treacle-y flavour, but if you don't have any dark brown sugar to hand you could use any combination of brown and caster sugars - light brown will also work well, or just use caster if that's all you have available. Just make sure the total weight of sugar is 150g, whatever combination you use.
Flours A mix of wholemeal and plain flour is really lovely, but again if you don't have both to hand, use 200g of one or the other.
👩🏽🍳 Variations
You can use this basic recipe to make all sorts of delicious variations. How about:
- Adding 75g chopped pecans or hazelnuts at the same time as the raisins for a nutty crunch?
- Make them Christmassy by swapping dried cranberries for the raisins, and swapping mixed spice instead of the cinnamon?
- Use frozen blueberries instead of the raisins for a juicy twist?
❄️ Freezing your banana muffins
These muffins freeze brilliantly - I often make up a batch for kids lunch boxes, then just take out one when I need it, pop it still frozen in their lunch box, and by the time they come to eat it it has defrosted.
What else can I make with ripe bananas?
How about trying one of these recipes from blogging friends:
- Helen's Easy Banana Scones from Family Friends Food
- Camilla's Vegan Banana Cake from Fab Food 4 All
- ...or try my Easy Vegan Banana Cake - deliciously light and moist.
- Pecan & Maple Vegan Banana Pancakes (no eggs) from The Veg Space
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📖 Recipe
Vegan Banana Muffins
Ingredients
- 65 g dairy-free butter
- 2 bananas
- 100 g dairy-free yoghurt
- 100 g dark brown sugar
- 50 g caster sugar
- 100 g plain flour
- 100 g wholemeal flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 150 g raisins
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C (fan) / 400°F / Gas Mark 6. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases.
- Melt the dairy-free butter in a microwave or small saucepan and set aside to cool.
- Peel and mash the bananas. Tip into a food mixer with the yoghurt and melted butter and the sugars. Beat until smooth.
- Sift the plan and wholemeal flour, cinnamon, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder into the bowl, and fold in gently. Finally, stir the raisins through the mixture.
- Divide the mixture between 12 muffin cases, (I find an ice cream scoop the easiest and least messy way to do this!).
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until an inserted knife or skewer comes out clean.
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Kat says
These were so good, I made the blueberry version and my toddler and I both loved them!
Leigh Taylor says
These were amazing, thank you!
Kate Ford says
Oh great, so glad you enjoyed them! Thanks Leigh x
Midge @ Peachicks' Bakery says
These look gorgeous & right up The Peas street! Thanks for sharing with #CookBlogShare 🙂
Veenas says
A Very Yummy Banana Muffins !!! WOW Nice Photos to See. Its Getting More Interested Me to Prepare this Vegan Banana Muffins Recipe. Thank You For Sharing.
Janice says
These do look good and so easy to make.
Kat (The Baking Explorer) says
They look so good! You can't beat a yummy banana muffin!
Camilla Hawkins says
Banana Muffins are my favourite, these look incredibly moreish:-)
Melissa Altman-Traub says
These look so good! I am actually going to bake them right now! Thanks for posting.