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Banana Cranberry Oat Muffins

Start your day with these healthy and delicious Banana Cranberry Oat Muffins. Full of amazing flavour, these muffins make a great breakfast.

Banana Cranberry Oat Muffins

I absolutely love baking with fruit. The taste of the baked goods are so amazing and eliminate the need to use artificial flavoring.

What’s even better, is that you can combine different fruit and create unique flavor and color combinations. Just like this banana and cranberry muffins, the sweet taste of the banana mix so well with tangy flavour of the cranberries.

Banana Cranberry Oat Muffins

These muffins are so soft and fluffy when baked, with the topped oats adding a delicious crunch.

It is actually the bananas with the extra moisture that contributes to the tenderness in the muffins. Just try to use the ripest bananas you have, these are really sweet so you can cut down on the sugar or honey used.

Banana Cranberry Oat MuffinsWhat I love the most about these muffins is that all the ingredients are combined into one bowl and you don’t even need a mixer. Just use a whisk or a fork to combine the ingredients and do not over mix.

The mixture will be lumpy, and that is perfectly fine because over mixing will cause the muffins to tough and dense. You don’t want tough and dense…you want soft and tender.

After mixing, the cranberries are just folded into the batter with a spatula, filled into the muffin pan and then topped with a sprinkling of oats and brown sugar to give it a beautiful golden colour and texture.

Baked for 15 mins and then devoured as soon as it removed from the oven. 

 These muffins will keep well at room temperature for 2 days or up to 4 days in the fridge. You could also freeze the muffins for up to 3 months. Just thaw out individual muffins as needed.

Banana Cranberry Oat Muffins

Okay, I am off to the kitchen to grab one of these muffins to have with my coffee…I hope that you will be doing the same soon

Enjoy ♥

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Banana Cranberry Oat Muffins

Banana Cranberry Oat Muffins

5 from 4 votes
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 20 minutes
Total: 25 minutes
Servings 12 muffins
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Start your day with these healthy and delicious Banana Cranberry Oat Muffins. Full of amazing flavour, these muffins make a great breakfast.

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup / 75 ml oil
  • 1/2 cup / 125 ml / 170g / 6 oz honey
  • 2 eggs at room temperature
  • 1 cup mashed ripe bananas about 3 bananas
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda / bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 3/4 cups / 235 g all purpose / plain flour
  • 1/3 cup / 46 g oats plus 1 Tablespoon for more for sprinkling on top
  • 1 teaspoon brown or granulated sugar for sprinkling on top
  • 1 cup / 120g dried cranberries tossed in 2 Tablespoons flour NOTE 1
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Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 325° F / 160° .C
  • Grease the muffin tin with cooking spray or line with paper cases.
  • Toss the cranberries in flour and set aside. NOTE 1
  • In a large bowl, beat the oil and honey together with a whisk.
  • Add the eggs and beat well. Mix in the mashed bananas followed by the baking soda, vanilla extract, salt and cinnamon.
  • Add the flour and oats to the bowl and mix just until combined. DO NOT OVERMIX. NOTE 2
  • Using a spatula or spoon, gently fold in the cranberries
  • Divide the batter evenly between the muffin cups, filling each cup about two-thirds full. Sprinkle the tops of the muffins with oats and sugar
  • Bake muffins for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.
  • Leave muffins to cool in the pan for a few minutes before removing. If necessary,you can run a spatula or knife around the muffins to loosen it from the tin
  • These muffins keep well at room temperature for 2 days or up to 4 days in the fridge. You could also freeze the muffins for up to 3 months...just thaw out individual muffins as needed.

Notes

1.Coating the cranberries in flour before baking prevents it from sinking to the bottom of the muffin while baking.
2.Just use a whisk or a fork to combine the ingredients and do not over mix. The mixture will be lumpy, and that is perfectly fine because over mixing will cause the muffins to tough and dense. You don't want tough and dense...you want soft and tender.

Nutrition

Serving: 0g | Carbohydrates: 0g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 0g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 0mg | Potassium: 0mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 0g | Vitamin A: 0IU | Vitamin C: 0mg | Calcium: 0mg | Iron: 0mg
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Comments

  1. 2pots2cook says

    25th June 2018 at

    5 stars
    Of course I will do the same 🙂 Don’t doubt 🙂

    Reply
    • Ashika says

      26th June 2018 at

      Thank you, I hope that you love it too 🙂

      Reply
  2. Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen says

    25th June 2018 at

    YES to anything that gives me my cranberry fix :). Banana muffins are one of my very favorite baked goods so I’m definitely trying these soon. Have a great week, Ashika!

    Reply
    • Ashika says

      26th June 2018 at

      Thank you Kelsie…it is a great combination. I hope that you enjoy these muffin too 🙂
      Have a great week as well 🙂

      Reply
  3. Laura says

    25th June 2018 at

    I love cranberries! This recipe looks and sounds so yummy and healthy! I’m not sure they’d last 4 whole days in my house! Ha!

    Reply
    • Ashika says

      26th June 2018 at

      Thank you Laura…haha, I know what you mean, these don’t last even a day here 🙂

      Reply
  4. Katherine | Love In My Oven says

    26th June 2018 at

    I love baking with fruit too! These look like such a yummy breakfast muffin!! They wouldn’t last long around here! Hope your week is off to a great start! XO

    Reply
    • Ashika says

      26th June 2018 at

      Thank you Katherine…oh yes these are just so delicious. LOL they don’t last long here either:)
      Have a great week 🙂

      Reply
  5. Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats says

    26th June 2018 at

    These muffins look so fluffy and delicious! The marriage of sweetness from the bananas and the tartness from the cranberries must taste amazing! Plus I am a sucker for oats, so adding the oats to the muffins and some on top, totally have me swooning! XOXO

    Reply
    • Ashika says

      26th June 2018 at

      Thank you Kelly…oh yes the combination is so amazing. Haha….I loooove the oats too, it makes everything just so yum 🙂

      Reply
  6. neil@neilshealthymeals.com says

    26th June 2018 at

    5 stars
    Banana and cranberry are two amazing ingredients that when they’re brought together they just seem to compliment each other so well! Yum for this excellent breakfast idea Ashika!

    Reply
    • Ashika says

      26th June 2018 at

      Thank you Neil. These have become the boys favourite breakfast. So easy and so delicious 🙂

      Reply
  7. Neha says

    27th June 2018 at

    5 stars
    Super easy and delicious they sound. I am inhaling only muffins since a few mornings and I don’t think I am gonna stop anytime soon now. Love their hearty texture and that gorgeous muffin top!

    Reply
  8. Robotance says

    28th July 2018 at

    5 stars
    Muffins are the best random snack in a household. I personally enjoy making my own fluffy ones. The main ingredients are so healthy. I am definitely trying making these. Thank you for the recipe.

    Reply

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