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Easy Super Moist Banana Apple Muffins are delicious, moist, perfect day or night and better yet, a great way to use up ripe fruit!

Looking for a fast, easy, delicious addition to breakfast or snack time? You’re going to fall in love with these Easy Super Moist Banana Apple Muffins.

My family loves bananas. But, no matter, there are still a few left over that brown too quickly. What is the best thing to do with brown, overly ripe bananas? Banana apple muffins, of course!

Other great ways to use up fruit that is a getting a little ripe is in recipes like these tasty Zucchini Banana Muffins or our Lemon Strawberry Muffins. 

This easy and yummy apple and banana muffin recipe is very easy to put together!

 

The thing I love the most about this recipe is that you don’t need to use your mixer – at all. You will still need your food processor for chopping your apples. But, if you prefer a more ‘chunky’ muffin you can always dice the apples by hand and keep your appliances in the cabinet.

 

This recipe takes only 15 – 20 minutes to prepare – including set up. It’s super fast, extremely easy and the results are amazing!

 

You are going to be amazed at how moist these banana apple muffins are.

Normally I like to eat one muffin fresh out of the oven. But, these were so soft and chewy that I had to wait for them too cool a bit. It was definitely worth it. If you use a food processor to fine chop your apples then they just melt into the muffin. 

If your family adores muffins, make sure to check out our recipe for our Triple Chocolate Muffins.  If you are looking for a more unique muffin recipe, then our Butter Pecan Cornmeal Muffins may be exactly what you are looking for. 

Here are a few tips before you start making the muffins:

Do you have to use a food processor to dice up the apples?

No, not at all.  Just peel them and diced them with a knife.  That is how I prepared our muffins.

Can you use applesauce in lieu of apples?

You can, however, you may want to add a bit more flour if the recipe is too runny.

Could you add walnuts to the recipe?

Sure, you could definitely do that.

How can you make these Apple Banana Muffins more healthy?

Instead of the sugar, you could use a bakeable artificial sweetener. 

Here is our recipe for Easy and Super Moist Banana Apple Muffins

Ingredients:

  • 1/3 c melted butter
  • 2 Ripe bananas (smashed)
  • 1 medium apple (peeled, finely chopped)
  • 1/2 c sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 c all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 egg (beaten)

 

Directions

    • Preheat oven to 350°F
    • Add the paper liners into the muffin tins or spray with a non-stick baking spray

 

    • In a large bowl, use a fork to mash up the bananas then pour the melted butter into the bananas. 
    • Add in the sugar, cinnamon, egg and vanilla.  Mix well.
    • Stir in baking soda and salt
    • Slowly incorporate the flour into the mixture and stir until blended
    • Using a food processor (or by hand) fine chop the apples 
    • Stir apples into the mixture

 

  • Pour the muffin mixture into the tins, filling each paper baking cup about 2/3’s of the way up.
  • Bakes 25 – 30 minutes
  • Cool on rack before storing.

I like to sprinkle them with a little bit of powdered sugar, but you can also coat them with apple butter for breakfast or drizzle caramel for more of a dessert muffin.

 

 

 

This post was originally posted on March 26, 2017.  

 

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Easy Super Moist Banana Apple Muffins

Easy Super Moist Banana Apple Muffins

Yield: 12
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

Easy Super Moist Banana Apple Muffins are delicious, moist, perfect day or night and better yet, a great way to use up ripe fruit!

Ingredients

  • 2 Ripe bananas (smashed)
  • 1 medium apple (peeled, finely chopped)
  • 1/3 c melted butter
  • 1/2 c sugar
  • 1 egg (beaten)
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 c all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

    Preheat oven to 350°F

    Add the paper liners into the muffin tins or spray with a non-stick baking spray

    In a large bowl, use a fork to mash up the bananas then pour the melted butter into the bananas. 

    Add in the sugar, egg and vanilla.  Mix well.

    Stir in baking soda and salt

    Slowly incorporate the flour into the mixture and stir until blended

    Using a food processor (or by hand) fine chop the apples 

    Stir apples into the mixture

    Pour the muffin mixture into the tins, filling each paper baking cup about 2/3's of the way up.

    Bakes 25 - 30 minutes

    Cool on rack before storing.

Notes

I like to sprinkle them with a little bit of powdered sugar, but you can also coat them with apple butter for breakfast or drizzle caramel for more of a dessert muffin.

Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 167Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 29mgSodium: 200mgCarbohydrates: 27gFiber: 1gSugar: 12gProtein: 2g

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© Rhonda
Cuisine: American / Category: Breakfast and Brunch


About Rhonda

Rhonda is an Ohio native who now calls Indiana home, hence the name Transplanted Buckeye Media. As a mom to two girls and a husband who prefers home cooked meals, you will usually find her in the kitchen creating new recipes or out finding the latest deals and must have treasures while shopping!

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  3. Whitney at It's Gravy, Baby! says

    Oh my, these look delicious! I hope I can find some red-taped bananas at the store, so I don’t have to wait for them to get ripe.

  5. Kelly @ Texas Type A Mom says

    These would make a great breakfast on the go! Or snack, or dessert…

  6. April says

    Best part about this? I’ve got ALL the ingredients already in the kitchen. Might just have to make it up this week! Looks SUPER tasty! :)

  12. Jeffrey says

    I make a banana apple nut bread and replace the sugar with greek yogurt and the oil with unsweetened applesauce. I love the flavor combination.

  14. Lorie Shewbridge says

    These look so good.
    And a great thing to do with bananas that are just too ripe for me to eat – I’m really picky with my bananas.
    Thanks for sharing. =)

  20. Kiersten @ Oh My Veggies says

    Ooh, you had me at “super moist.” :D I love a good muffin for breakfast!

  23. LAMusing says

    They look delicious. I usually make Banana Bread, but I think next time I’ll try these muffins :)

  24. Sarah says

    I used 5 bananas (didn’t have any apples) and added some chocolate chips. Delicious!!

  27. Anne Lehnick says

    I have two bananas over staying their welcome in my kitchen. I stumbled upon this recipe and I actually have all the ingredients on hand! What better way to kick off our first week of kindergarten than some homemade muffins :-) Thanks

  29. Sherrie C. says

    These muffins look delicious and I love the idea of using Splenda to reduce the sugar content. I’m going to put this recipe on my ‘to make’ list :) Thanks for sharing!

  31. Sandy VanHoey says

    I’ll bet this one is fabulous. I make an apple cake and it is just the most moist cake ever. I’ll have to try this one. Thanks for sharing!

  32. Laura Jacobson says

    Oh these look really good! I was looking for some apple recipes as we were going to the Apple Orchard to get apples this weekend! I think I will give this a try! Doesnt look too hard! :)

  34. Beth says

    These were wonderful! I also added nutmeg and walnuts and substituted 1/2 the four with whole wheat flour. Perfect for fall!

  35. Michelle says

    I followed the recipe to a “T”. I grated the apples, though. I doubled the recipe and ended up with 12 muffins and two loaves of some seriously delicious moist yummy goodness! Thank you! My bananas were really over ripe, and my apples were one step away from being trashed. What a tasty way to clean the fruit bowl!

  36. Polly says

    These are delicious. I used a little less sugar and butter, and added a crumb topping (brown sugar, flour and butter) and they were just awesome.

  37. Tanya says

    I made them with fat free plain yogurt instead of butter for a fat free muffin and they are spectacular. Thanks for the recipe – it’s a keeper!

  40. Jillian says

    I’m making these right now, but it doesn’t say when to put the cinnamon in. I put it in with the flour.

  41. Paulette says

    Yum, I put half the amount of sugar in and replaced the butter for oil and they taste great, I might cut even more sugar out next time.

  42. Minol Shamreen says

    These sure are ” melt in your mouth ” . They turned out great !
    The only prob was that they stuck really bad on to the liners…any tips ?
    Thanks.
    – Minty

  43. Marilyn says

    These muffins were delicious… SUPER moist (tasted better when left out to cool than when eaten right out of the oven) and yummy :D This recipe is a definite “Keeper.”

  44. Paola says

    I made them, and they are delicious. I used 1/2 cup if brown sugar and 1/2 regular sugar. Only thing is… Following the instructions, there’s no mention of the cinnamon (it’s on the ingredients’ list.) I only realized it was missing when I was ready to put them in the oven. So I sprinkled some sugar/cinnamon on top.

  47. Natalie says

    i made this recipe as stated first time round and found it beautifully moist, but a little too sweet for my liking.
    Next time round I omitted the apple, added a cup of oats, some walnuts, frozen mixed berries and halved the sugar – theyre still moist and delicious.
    thanks for the recipe

  48. Meagan L says

    I made these this morning with some bananas I had frozen a while back. Awesome recipe! I chopped my apples by hand so they were chunky in the muffins. I also added a little extra cinnamon, some All-spice and Hazelnut cream. Yummmmy! Even the batter tasted good :-) And they smell amazingggg. Easy enough to whip up in a dorm room.
    4 stars because they’re a bit too sweet. I’d cut back on the sugar maybe by half. Or substitute with applesauce or honey perhaps?

  50. Pat says

    My first time making muffins from scratch. They turned out great. I did take them out after 20 minutes though, and think maybe even a few minutes less would be ok. I added blueberries to some of them, and as noted above, no mention of the cinnamon in the instructions. But for someone like me who finds baking a mystery, I loved the easy recipe. Thank you!

    • Rhonda says

      I’m so glad that you enjoyed them! I’m sure the blueberry ones would be amazing! I need to make some with cinnamon. That would also be a yummy addition.

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