This recipe for vegan banana muffins is perhaps going to forever brand me as an incorrigible slave to banana breads. I’ve blogged before about both my banana nut bread and banana corn bread. And there’s a plethora of other banana recipes — mostly bakes — on the blog.
But hear me out: banana breads are, after all, the easiest quick bread to throw together. There always is an overripe banana or two sitting in our kitchen by the end of the week, and my hubby Desi is so in love with this versatile fruit, he almost went into a panic the other day when he read this article in the New York Times.
These vegan banana muffins are in some ways similar to my banana nut bread, but their goodness comes in cuter, smaller versions. The batter is also much easier to put together and takes just a few minutes.
So here’s the wholesome, moist and luscious goodness of these dairy-free, egg-free, vegan banana muffins. Hope you enjoy them!
Vegan Banana Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 6 tbsp canola oil
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp molasses (optional)
- 2 flax eggs (2 tbsp flaxmeal whisked with 6 tbsp water)
- 2 very ripe bananas, mashed
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup pecans (can use walnuts), lightly toasted, then chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and oil a standard-size muffin tin (mine bakes 12 muffins at a time).
- Mix the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder and chopped nuts.
- In a larger bowl, mix the oil, sugar, molasses, flax seed-water mixture, bananas and vanilla extract.
- Mix in the flour mixture until all the wet ingredients are just moist. Do not overmix. The batter should be lumpy, like pancake batter, rather than smooth.
- With a standard-sized ice cream scoop, or with a tablespoon, divide the batter equally among the 12 muffin tins.
- Bake for about 18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of a muffin comes out almost dry, with a few crumbs sticking to it.
- Let cool for a couple of minutes before unmolding. They taste great warm or at room temperature.
delhibelle says
June 23, 2008 atLove Banana Bread, the happiest sounding bread I think and yours always look GOOD!
Divya says
June 23, 2008 atmuffins look great vaishali..i have a doubt though-what does whole wheat pastry flour mean,is it maida or atta..??
Uma says
June 23, 2008 atdelicious muffin, Vaishali! Looks great.
Pearlsofeast says
June 23, 2008 atreally luscious Vaishali,I imagine pecans would be tasting divine.Me too adore banana bread or cakes a lot.I will pass it to my friend as she was looking for an egg free recipe.Thanks
Happy cook says
June 23, 2008 atI fully agree they are luscious indeed.
Looks really delicious
Richa says
June 23, 2008 atmuffins look so very tempting, Vaishali! btw, i liked ur variation on sheera a lot 🙂
pavotrouge says
June 23, 2008 atyum, I must try those! especially since I was given free bananas today.
Madhavi says
June 23, 2008 atLovely muffins, looks delicious, mouthwatering!!!
skribles says
June 23, 2008 atlooks yummy … and those being vegan banana-nut muffins!
Cham says
June 24, 2008 atLooks so yummy those muffins
Sireesha says
June 25, 2008 atHi Vaishali,First time at ur blog .U have nice and lovely blog.Delicious and drooling muffins …….
Anonymous says
September 21, 2010 atI am soo happy I found your blog and this recipe! I was looking for a vegan banana “anything” recipe and wanted to try your vegan banana muffins. Fortunately, I had most of the ingredients – I used agave syrup since I didnt have any molasses. Also, I threw in an extra banana and added chocolate chips and WOWEE – they are heavenly! I luv luv the way they turned out – just as you’d expect …very moist, flavorful, but without the egg and butter! yeah! 🙂
Anonymous says
April 26, 2012 atI just made these muffins.They look so delicious. My kids loved your banana and zucchini breads.
Thank you so much for your yummy recipes.
Vaishali says
April 27, 2012 atAnon, glad you and your kids like them! Thanks for the feedback. 🙂
Anusha says
May 27, 2012 atI made these muffins last night and they are awesome !!!! Simply perfect. I added an extra banana and used brown sugar. Lately, I have been feeling that my goodies are getting over baked. So I reduced the oven temp to 370 and tried it. It was done exactly in 21 mins. Such a simple recipe and such perfection !!!!!! Thank you
Anusha
Anonymous says
November 11, 2012 atThank you for the recipe! The muffins turned out perfect. They are so delicious.
Solaripedia says
November 20, 2012 atThis is a wonderful recipe! We love it!
Anonymous says
December 28, 2012 atMy batter when mixed all together is lake dough rather than pancake batter. This is causing the baked muffins to take a funny shape. What should I add that will smooth out the batter?
Vaishali Honawar says
December 28, 2012 atIt shouldn’t be like dough if you are following the recipe. Add a little more soymilk until you get a slightly runnier consistency. You may need to add a couple more minutes baking time– be sure to do the toothpick test.
marz says
March 27, 2014 atHoly cow these muffins are so moist and amazing. I used white whole wheat flour and I blended the flax seeds with the water and put a lol extra soy milk. Yummy in ma tummy thx for a wonderful breakfast
Lauren says
October 17, 2014 atI just made these muffins and they turned out great! I was worried I wouldn’t be able to find a good dairy free recipe. Thank you for this! I was reading the comments as I had also been thinking of adding chocolate chips and even peanut butter. Do you think the recipe needs to be changed if adding peanut butter?
Vaishali Honawar says
November 10, 2014 atLauren, so glad you tried the muffins! Thanks for letting me know.
Vidya says
July 25, 2015 atHi Vaishali,
I made these muffins, and they came out well. The only problem was a bit of a bitter aftertaste. What might be the problem? My flour, baking powder and soda are not exactly fresh, but I thought they are not ingredients that would spoil. Not sure if the whole wheat pastry flour or the flax meal is to blame. I didn’t have flax meal ; I powdered flax seeds to make flax meal.
Suba says
October 1, 2017 atThese came out awesome. I actually used Navadharshanam whole wheat atta , mixed with multigrain atta 5:1 ratio. Since its a dense atta I added 1/4 teaspoon extra baking soda and 6 tablespoons milk( non vegan).