These Banana Walnut Muffins with Maple Icing are a great recipe to make with ripe bananas. They can easily be made in a standard size muffin cup or as mini muffins. Great for breakfast or snacking, your family will love the banana flavor in this easy banana nut muffin recipe.
Baking Muffin recipes are my therapy
When I made these banana walnut muffins, it brought me back to my home in Northern NY and the many mornings I would be up early baking muffins to take to work to share with the students and faculty. I then felt instant homesickness. And, while I do miss my home and I miss my family and friends, I am happy to have the memories of those years.
When making these muffins I was feeling nostalgic and wished I could take them to the students like I used to. However, it wouldn't be the same. Students come and go and the ones I held dear to my heart gave already graduated and left to start their adult life! I just hope they remember me and making muffins for them!
What you need to make Banana Walnut Muffins with Maple Icing
Overripe bananas, or at least ripe bananas. However the riper they are, the better the muffins will be.
Spices: Cinnamon and nutmeg. I love the spice in these banana nut muffins. It gives them that warm, comfort food feeling.
Walnuts. According to Grumpy, whether I am making a Classic Banana Bread recipe or banana muffin recipe, I must add nuts.
Butter. Unsalted and room temperature is best. You should be able to press your finger into the stick of butter and have it give slightly.
Maple Extract: this goes in the batter and the icing to add an extra level of maple flavor to the muffin.
Maple Syrup: I prefer grade A maple syrup. If you have it, awesome. If not, you can still make these muffins. The icing is optional and you can always sub half and half for the syrup.
Make these Banana Walnut Muffins your way
- Substitute vanilla or banana extract for the maple extract
- Add some melted butter to the icing ingredients first to give it a buttery flavor. Then just add enough maple extract and cream to get the drizzle consistency
- Skip the icing drizzle and make a crunchy nut topping by mixing 2 tablespoon flour, 2 tablespoon oats, ¼ cup chopped walnuts, ¼ cup brown sugar, and 2 tablespoon melted butter. Then top the muffins prior to baking.
- Make these sugar free, substitute your favorite sugar free sweetener for the sugar in this recipe. Just be sure you use the guide on the bag to make sure you're using the right amount of sweetener
More Banana Recipes you may enjoy
Another muffin we love is this recipe for Chocolate Banana Zucchini Muffins. Talk about moistness factor, the banana and zucchini make this one of the best muffins ever.
If you were to search banana recipes on my website, you would find that we really love our bananas! My family loves this Banana Cake with Maple Browned Butter Frosting. The cake is so moist and the frosting, well it's out of this world delicious.
This Invisible Banana French Toast is a really easy banana recipe to make and the kids will love it! They will especially love the title.
Maple Walnut Banana Bread is another favorite and I love the fact this particular recipe is sweetened only with maple syrup.
When I am not eating a Banana Walnut Muffin, I love to add banana to my cereal. I will top my bowl of Oatmeal for One with bananas, and I love this Chunky Monkey Noatmeal recipe!
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📖 Recipe
Banana Walnut Muffins with Maple Icing
Equipment
- Wooden spoon
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Ingredients
FOR THE MUFFINS
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup butter softened
- 2 large eggs
- 2 very ripe bananas mashed
- ½ teaspoon maple flavored extract
- ⅓ cup milk
FOR THE ICING (OPTIONAL)
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon half and half
- ¼ teaspoon maple extract
Instructions
For the muffins
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 12 cup muffin pan with parchment paper liners. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and walnuts. Set aside.
- In another large bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed, mix together the the butter and sugar until creamy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, mixing until well blended. Mix in the mashed bananas, extract and milk and mix until well blended.
- Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients using a wooden spoon, folding until just mixed. Be sure you don't over mix the muffin batter.
- Scoop batter with a large cookie scoop into prepared muffin pan. Bake for 25 minutes or use the toothpick test and if the toothpick comes out of the muffin clean its ready.
- Remove muffins from oven and cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove muffins from pan and place on cooling rack with a sheet of parchment paper beneath the rack (to catch icing drips)
To make the icing
- In a medium bowl, mix the powdered sugar, maple syrup and half and half together. Drizzle over top of the slightly warm muffins. Cool completely before storing.
Cursuri Engleza says
I love muffins so much, especially banana muffins. I haven’t ate maple icing muffins since I was a kid. So this recipe reminds of my childhood.
Lauren's Latest says
Oh my word. These look so good! Bet these are incredible fresh out of the oven!
Tupper Cooks! says
The weather outside is frightful- and those muffins look amazing- maple & banana are a great combo- the North Country misses you!
Flourchild says
Yes you do love muffins too..and...I can see why! These look so good! I could eat one right now for breakfast!
Have a great Tuesday!
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Ann On and On... says
Those look so good!!! I am going to do some baking today...because of you.
Pamela says
Oh, how I would enjoy one of those. With extra drizzle, please!
Amanda says
Oh that maple icing totally puts these over the top Shelby! They look wonderful!
Christy says
Shelby-these look wonderful! I just happen to have some bananas that are nice and brown, I think this recipe is going to be used right away. 🙂
Thanks for your sweet words welcoming me back to blogging! It helps knowing that others can completely empathize with the emotions of this past year. {{hugs}}
Aggie says
Awww, I felt nostalgic for you!!! They look delicious!
teresa says
i've been on a total maple kick lately, so i know i would love these!
Leslie says
Nothing like a good muffin to bring back a memory!
Kim - Liv Life says
MM!! My daughter is a big banana fan and last year we made a Maple Bread that she drooled over. The two together will be perfect!!
briarrose says
Wonderful muffins. I adore the maple frosting...really kicks it over the top. 😉
Fallon says
Like the touch of maple icing with the banana muffin!
Hey Shelby, I noticed going through my in box I had saved emails of recipes from your newsletter. You stopped producing that huh?
bellini valli says
These remind me that maple syrup season is coming up fast!!!!!!
Pegasuslegend says
what an awesome muffin the tops are heavenly and mouth watering!