Why You Will Love Strawberry Banana Muffins
- FRESH, VIBRANT FLAVORS – Baking with fresh fruit always makes me happy. And these muffins have happiness written all over them. The tanginess of the strawberries works so well with the creamy sweetness of the bananas. But we especially love it when you can use fresh, in season ingredients to make your muffins.
- EASY – Literally just 5 minute of prep time. And you can use frozen bananas and strawberries if needed! This is a great recipe for beginning bakers. Or to let the kids help with! Smaller kids will LOVE smashing the bananas up!
- HOMEMADE, WHOLESOME INGREDIENTS – We love making homemade muffins. We know exactly what ingredients are going in them. And this recipe has fresh fruit, which is a great way to sneak some fruit into your kiddos tummies!
How To Make Strawberry Banana Muffins
For step-by-step instructions, check out the printable recipe card below. But here is what you’ll need to get started:
Strawberry Banana Muffins Ingredients
- VEGETABLE OIL – We love baking with vegetable oil instead of butter for our shortening because it makes our muffins so moist!
- WHITE SUGAR – To add the delicious sweetness to these muffins.
- EGGS – Let your eggs sit out to room temperature before you stir them in.
- RIPE BANANAS – Mashed. The perfect banana should have some brown spots on it and be tender to the touch. If there is any green on the banana, it’s probably not ripe enough.
- VANILLA EXTRACT – We always recommend baking with a high quality vanilla extract. It’s worth it.
- ALL PURPOSE FLOUR – To make these muffins gluten-free, you can substitute gluten free flour.
- BAKING SODA – A leavening agent that will help make these light and fluffy!
- SALT – It’s always important to bake with salt to offset the sweetness of the other ingredients.
- STRAWBERRIES – Diced.
Can You Use Frozen Fruit For These Muffins?
Yep. You can frozen Strawberries or Frozen Banana for this recipe. If you’ve got some bananas that are browning on your kitchen counter, but you aren’t ready to use them, you can easily freeze them. Either slice them up and put them in small ziplock baggies or mash them up and mix in a little bit of lemon juice. Then you can use as much mashed banana as you need when you need it. We suggest using these freezer bags! They are super durable and are easy to open with the little tabs you can grab!
The same is true with frozen strawberries. Frozen Strawberries will work great with this recipe. Just make sure to defrost them and get rid of all the access moisture before using them.
Storage, Leftovers and Freezing.
Store your muffins in an airtight container at room temperature. They should stay good for about 5 days.
Strawberry Banana Muffins are great to freeze! Just make sure to let them cool fully before freezing. I like to freeze my individually so that I can just take them out as needed. They thaw out fairly quickly at room temperature. So, if you put on in a lunch box in the morning, it should be ready to eat by lunchtime!
What Makes A Muffin Light And Fluffy?
Don’t overmix the ingredients! When combining your dry ingredients to your wet ingredients, whisk until just combined.
Also, let your eggs come to room temperature before adding them into your muffin recipe.
Notes, Tips and FAQs
- HOW TO KEEP YOUR STRAWBERRIES FROM SINKING WHILE BAKING – Did you bite into a muffin and all the fruit was at the bottom? It’s easy to prevent that, just toss the strawberries in a coating of flour!
- TOPPING IDEAS – Top your muffins with a slice of banana or strawberry (or both). You can even put the fruit on before baking! Or top with some crushed walnuts or pecans. To add a little more sweetness, you could also sprinkle some powdered sugar on top.
- USE A COOKIE SCOOP! – Use a cookie scoop to make sure you put the same amount of batter into each muffin. This ensures equal baking.
Other Tools To Help With This Recipe
- If you are looking for a new muffin pan, this non-stick one from Amazon works great! It makes holds 12 muffins, perfect for this recipe!
- It’s always a good idea to have an assortment of muffin liners for different occasions. These rainbow silicone ones are super fun and reusable. Or here are some cute polka dot liners that would be perfect for anything from a birthday party to a graduation party!
- We like this stackable wire rack for cooling too! You can fit all your muffins on there at once!
I hope you enjoy this Strawberry Banana Muffins Recipe. We’d love to hear how they turn out for you in the comments section. Happy eating!
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Strawberry Banana Muffins
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2/3 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup mashed ripe bananas about 2 small bananas
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1-2/3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup diced fresh strawberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and line 15 regular size muffin cups with a paper liner. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, add vegetable oil, sugar and eggs and mix well.
- Mix in bananas and vanilla.
- Add flour, baking soda and salt and mix until combined.
- Fold in strawberries.
- Use a 3 tablespoon portion scoop to put batter into prepared muffin tins.
- Bake for 17-20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let stand for 5 minutes before removing from pan. Let cool completely or until warm.
- Makes 12-15 muffins.
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Comments & Reviews
Tim says
Easy to make and taste great
Kathy says
Thanks Tim!
Shirley says
Very good recipe ! Thank You!