Name: Maple Banana Nut Muffins
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 1/3 cup of extra virgin olive oil; 1/2 cup maple syrup or honey; 2 eggs; 4-5 mashed bananas; 1/4 cup milk; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 tbsp vanilla extract; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour; 1/3 cup old fashioned oats; 1/2 cup pecans or walnuts

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Maple Banana Nut Muffins – have some bananas you need to use up before they go bad? Make these easy muffins for a tasty breakfast or midday snack!

I’ll admit it. We had a bunch of bananas about to go bad and my fiance was talking about throwing them away but I was like HA not today buddy. He was confused and I was like have you never heard of using almost bad bananas and making banana bread out of them?

Like come on man, were you raised in a barn?

So instead of throwing them away, we whipped up the perfect muffins for a snack, and they just so happen to be perfect for this fall season with them being maple flavored and all.

Of course, if you don’t happen to have syrup, then you can substitute honey.

Maple Banana Nut Muffins

1/3 cup of extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup maple syrup or honey
2 eggs
4-5 mashed bananas
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp baking soda
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup old fashioned oats
1/2 cup pecans or walnuts

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and grease your 12 cup muffin tins.

In a large bowl, combine the olive oil and maple syrup or honey. Add in the eggs and beat well. Mash the bananas really good then add them into the mixture. Add in the milk, baking soda, vanilla, salt and cinnamon.

Stir in the flour, oats, and nuts.

Spoon equal amounts of the batter into each muffin cup, filling them about 2/3 of the way full. This recipe makes just enough for 12 muffins.

Sprinkle the tops of each muffin with a little bit of oats, then a sprinkle of sugar. Bake for about 25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Leave in the muffin tin to cool on a wire rack.