Banana Gingerbread Muffins – Peanut Butter Fingers

Banana Gingerbread Muffins are the right breakfast or snack for the vacation season. Straightforward to make and kid-approved, this recipe is nice, smooth and fluffy and can make your complete home scent like gingerbread as they bake away within the oven. 

Banana Gingerbread Muffins

Ever since Chase was a toddler (7 years in the past… ooph!), muffins grew to become a staple in our dwelling. Whereas I’ve at all times liked muffins, our youngsters REALLY love muffins and I’ve discovered myself making them on a weekly foundation for years now. Our boys flip for muffins and I like them as a result of they style scrumptious but in addition as a result of they’re a straightforward grab-and-go breakfast choice, a easy home made deal with I can throw of their college lunchboxes and an ideal after-school snack. There isn’t a recipe I make extra usually in our dwelling than my wholesome pumpkin muffin recipe however we additionally completely love these chocolate chip candy potato muffins. (This wholesome toddler muffins recipe can be an awesome first-muffin recipe to strive when you’ve got a bit one in your house). However proper now? Proper now, banana gingerbread muffins are the place it’s at in our home!

Since we’re smack-dab in the course of the vacation season, these banana gingerbread muffins really feel additional festive. With colder temperatures and the wind whipping outdoors, there’s one thing additional cozy about baking a batch of warmly-spiced banana gingerbread muffins as our Christmas tree twinkles within the nook. However in the event you’re having visions of messy kitchens, flour-dusted flooring and piles of dishes after recollections that focus on baking gingerbread cut-out cookies, I’ve excellent news for you. This recipe is an easy one and approach much less messy than home made gingerbread cookies. Whereas these banana gingerbread muffins have all of the festive taste of gingerbread cookies, they’re a lot faster to make and the elements combine in a single bowl, making cleanup a breeze. The recipe can be a enjoyable one for teenagers to assist with within the kitchen, as they might help measure, combine and pour. 

Whereas the banana taste might throw you for a loop in the event you’re used to conventional gingerbread cookies or muffins, I encourage you to not shrink back from these muffins. The ripe banana provides plenty of moisture and a deliciously candy taste that balances the tanginess of the ginger. The nice and cozy spices (cinnamon! cloves!) and a sticky pour of molasses provides depth to the muffins and makes your complete home scent superb as they bake away within the oven. 

Does Ginger Go With Banana? 

Sure! I could be biased, however banana and ginger is a superb taste mixture, because the pure sweetness of the banana balances the sharper spice of the ginger so effectively. Plus, each bananas and ginger might help increase digestion and are sometimes paired collectively in smoothies, breads, truffles and muffins.

Banana Gingerbread Muffin Recipe

Now let’s make the muffins! Listed below are all the elements you’ll want:

• Butter: Use unsalted or salted butter so as to add richness to the batter. 
• Brown sugar: Gentle or brown sugar will work to sweeten the muffins whereas holding them moist and enhancing the molasses taste. Coconut sugar may even work. 
• Vanilla extract: Use high-quality vanilla extract to provide the muffins a splendidly delicate contact of vanilla taste.
• Eggs: These act as binders, enhancing the richness of the muffins and serving to them maintain their form. Enable them to return to room temperature earlier than you start for straightforward mixing. 
• Greek yogurt: For the very best outcomes, use full-fat plain Greek yogurt. This provides a tangy style and contributes to the feel of the muffins. 
• Bananas: Use medium-sized bananas which were mashed till easy. Just like my wholesome banana bread, the riper your bananas the sweeter your muffins will style! 
• Molasses: That is key to creating the basic gingerbread style! For the very best muffins, use unsulphured molasses, not blackstrap molasses. 
• Baking powder and baking soda: These act as leaveners, serving to the muffins rise and holding them fluffy as they bake.
• Spices: Salt, cinnamon, cloves, and floor ginger add plenty of heat that makes these muffins style like your favourite vacation cookie.
• All-purpose flour: This varieties the bottom of the batter. If wanted, you’ll be able to substitute a 1:1 all-purpose gluten-free flour to maintain this recipe gluten-free. 

Directions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 levels Fahrenheit. 

Step 2

In a big bowl, combine the butter and brown sugar till creamy. Then, add the vanilla and eggs, and proceed to combine till effectively mixed. 

Step 3

Add the Greek yogurt, mashed banana and molasses, and blend once more. 

Step 4

Add in all of the remaining dry elements, and blend till effectively mixed. Watch out to not overmix! 

Step 5

Pour the batter right into a muffin tin lined with muffin liners. Then, bake for 20-25 minutes or till the tops of the muffins spring again when flippantly touched. Let the muffins cool within the pan barely. Then, switch them to a wire rack to chill utterly, and revel in! 

Banana Gingerbread Muffins

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How you can Retailer

As soon as cool, switch leftover muffins to an hermetic container or sealable bag. Retailer them at room temperature for as much as 4 days or within the fridge for as much as 1 week. 

You can too freeze these muffins for as much as 3 months. Wrap every muffin in plastic wrap or aluminum foil, and switch them to a freezer-safe bag to retailer. Thaw within the fridge or at room temperature to serve. 

How you can Make Muffins More healthy

Add Combine-Ins 

Gently fold chopped nuts or dried fruit items into the batter for a lift of additional fiber and vitamins. I like these muffins with uncooked (shelled) pumpkin seeds blended in! 

Use Sugar Substitutes

Sugar substitutes might probably be used on this recipe, although I’ve not examined them. Should you give one a strive with success, please let me know! You might also scale back the quantity of brown sugar within the recipe in the event you like a less-sweet tasting muffin. 

Omit the Butter

Swap the butter with olive oil to cut back the quantity of saturated fats within the muffins and improve the heart-healthy omega fats content material with out impacting the style or texture. 

Use Complete Wheat Flour

Add extra fiber to the muffins by swapping the all-purpose flour with complete wheat flour. I’ve achieved this through the use of half all-purpose flour and half complete wheat flour and it labored effectively. I’d make sure that to make use of 3 bananas (not 2) to verify the muffins nonetheless have sufficient moisture. 

Query of the Day

What vacation recipes are in your must-make checklist this vacation season?