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Pumpkin Banana Bread Muffins

A banana muffin recipe that's fall-inspired, super cozy and packed with pumpkin!
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword easy, portable
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 12 muffins
Author Ashlen Leonard

Ingredients

  • 1½ cups all purpose flour
  • ⅔ cup light brown sugar
  • 1 cup ripe bananas mashed (about 2 bananas)
  • ½ cup pumpkin puree
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ½ cup chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325℉ and prepare a muffin tray with liners or by greasing it.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine mashed bananas, pumpkin puree, oil, eggs and vanilla extract. Mix thoroughly.
  • In a separate mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir in the chocolate chips. Mix well.
  • Pour the batter into the muffin tins. Bake for 22-25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
  • Let muffins cool for 5-10 minutes before enjoying!

Notes

Substitutions

  • Gluten free flour
    • Just swap to equal parts of Bob Red Mills 1-to-1 gluten-free flour.
  • Other types of brown sugar
    • Any kind of brown sugar will work in this recipe.
  • Pumpkin pie filling
    • If you accidentally bought pumpkin pie filling or you want to use up any leftovers, you can use this instead of pumpkin puree. Just omit the added cinnamon, since this will already be in the pumpkin pie filling.
  • Greek yogurt
    • If you don’t have pumpkin puree available, you could use plain Greek yogurt instead.
  • Butter
    • Instead of vegetable oil you could use equal parts melted butter.
  • Pumpkin pie spice
    • This can be used in place of the cinnamon. There are some additional seasonings in pumpkin pie spice like ginger and allspice that will add extra flavour and dimension to the cookies.
  • Milk chocolate chips, mini chocolate chips or chocolate chunks
    • Instead of semi-sweet chocolate chips, you can use milk or dark chocolate chips. You could also use mini chocolate chips or chocolate chunks!
 

Dietary preferences

  • To make these muffins gluten free, use a 1:1 gluten free all purpose flour instead of the regular all purpose flour.
  • To make these muffins dairy free, opt for dairy free chocolate chips.
  • To make this recipe oil free, use melted butter instead of oil.