Banana Walnut Muffins with Maple Icing

Banana walnut muffin with a white glaze on a wooden tray.

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Banana Walnut Muffins with Maple Icing

These Banana Walnut Muffins are a tasty way to use up brown bananas and fill your home with the cozy smell of warm spices. Each soft muffin is packed with crunch walnuts and finished with a sweet maple drizzle that the whole family will love.

Course Breakfast & Brunch

Cuisine American

Keyword Banana Nut Muffins, Easy Breakfast Muffins, Homemade Banana Muffins, Maple Glazed Muffins, Overripe Banana Recipe

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 25

Total Time 35

Servings

Calories 299kcal

Author Shelby Law Ruttan

Equipment

Ingredients

FOR THE MUFFINS

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ cup chopped walnuts
1 cup granulated 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.

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