Paleo Banana Nut Muffins
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Updated Nov 03, 2022
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Paleo banana nut muffins make for a healthy way to start the day. They’re light and fluffy, moist and delicious, gluten-free and dairy-free. These paleo banana muffins are easy to make (only takes one bowl) and will quickly disappear before your eyes.
Paleo Banana Muffins
Friends, I feel like this is a bit of a cheater recipe. In all honesty, it’s simply my Paleo Banana Bread recipe plus chopped nuts and baked in a muffin tin rather than a loaf pan. But sometimes a muffin is just more convenient, don’t you agree?
My Paleo Banana Bread recipe has been a reader favorite for several years so I knew I didn’t have to do much tweaking with that recipe.
Not surprising, these Paleo Banana Nut Muffins have proven to be just as delicious as my banana bread. And bonus – they’re even easier and faster to make.
One thing you’ll probably notice right off the bat as well is that they’re light, fluffy and raised up. They’re not dense and flat on top, like most paleo banana muffin recipes. Yet, they’re still incredibly moist on the inside.
Paleo Banana Muffins – with or without Nuts
This is a simple paleo banana muffin recipe and you can choose to make it with or without chopped nuts. I used a combination of walnuts and pecans in this recipe, but you can choose one or the other or forgo nuts altogether. You could even add in chocolate chips for a sweeter treat.
How to Make Paleo Banana Nut Muffins
I love that this is an easy one bowl recipe and comes together fast. Just add all of the ingredients – mashed bananas, almond flour, tapioca flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, eggs and butter (or coconut oil), honey and vanilla extract to a bowl.
Use a hand blender to blend everything together for about 30 seconds until you’ve got a lovely batter, then stir in the nuts. Seperate the batter evenly between a 12 muffin-pan and sprinkle a little extra chopped nuts on top to make them extra nutty.
Pop the muffin pan in your 350 degree fahrenheit oven and bake for 22-25 minutes or until the top is just slightly golden. Let them cool for a minute (if you can wait that long), then enjoy!
More Paleo Quickbread & Muffin Recipes You’ll Love
- Paleo Blueberry Muffins
- Paleo Banana Bread
- Paleo Zucchini Bread
- Cranberry Orange Muffins
- Paleo Pumpkin Bread
Paleo Banana Nut Muffins
Description
Ingredients
- 2-3 ripe bananas, approx 1 1/4 cups mashed
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1/2 cup tapioca flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup butter or coconut oil, melted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts, with extra for topping
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
- Mash the bananas with a fork in a mixing bowl. Add all of the other ingredients to the mixing bowl, except the nuts.
- Use a hand mixer on medium speed to blend all the ingredients together for 30 seconds. Add the chopped nuts and stir together.
- Line a muffin tin with muffin cups and evenly divide the batter between 12 muffin cups. Sprinkle a little extra chopped nuts on top.
- Bake the muffins for 22-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean and they’re lightly golden on top.
Lisa’s Tips
- Make sure to use super fine almond flour for the best texture. This is the brand I use.
Nutrition
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Love this recipe. So easy to make, wholesome and delicious! My pantry is almost always stocked with the ingredients so I can make it quickly when I crave something sweet! The crunch from the nuts give it an interesting twist, my husband loves them!
Thrilled to hear you’re loving these banana nut muffins, Laida!
Such a tasty and easy one bowl recipe to make! I added in a handful of grated zucchini and a little flax too for some extra health benefits and they turned out 10/10 delicious. This will be my go to recipe for paleo muffins!
Love the addition of zucchini in this Leigha! Glad you enjoyed these banana muffins.
Absolutely love these muffins! 💕
Hi Molly – I’m so glad you love these banana muffins!
This is so easy to make. I often make a batch for my toddler and he loves them!
I’m glad you both enjoy them!
I love banana nut bread & this recipe is just as easy . This is delicious & my family love them . I will definitely bake more next time . We enjoyed it very much . Thank you for sharing
Hi Marilyn – Happy to hear you enjoyed these banana muffins!
I am a huge fan of banana nut bread. I have made several double batches of this recipe recently for my family. Quick and easy breakfasts or on-the-go snacks.
I’m happy you and your family love these muffins, Tyler!
We absolutely loved these delicious banana muffins! My 8 year old daughter loves getting into kitchen and help me bake and this recipe was so much fun to make. We added some chocolate chips and my kids loved them that way. Thank you Lisa for great recipes as always ❤️
Hi Meral – I’m glad you and your little one love these muffins!
Every time I make these delicious Banana Muffins, I am asked for the recipe! I think the Tapioca flour along with the Almond flour is the secret to the great texture when these bake. When my mashed bananas don’t equal 1 1/4 cups, I add enough apple sauce to make up the difference. Those natural individual apple sauce cups are perfect! I usually add a cup or so of mini chocolate chips (since they disperse better in the batter), for just a touch of chocolate.
Thank you Lisa for developing such great recipes! I have 2 huge 3 ring binders full of my favorite Downshiftology recipes (I’m old fashioned & prefer card stock printed recipes). When I meal plan & prep, I grab the recipe sheets that I plan to prepare that week, and set them on my recipe stand after adding any ingredients I need to purchase to my grocery list.
Hi Jane – I’m so glad you’ve been loving these banana nut muffins! Also, love the ring binder you have of all my recipes :)
Amazing! The best banana-nut muffins I’ve ever made and tasted! I followed the recipe and swapped the honey for maple syrup. Delicious!!
Yay, happy you enjoyed them!
Love these Muffins along with all your recipes Lisa!!
I would like to add no flavor protein powder, any suggestions on how much and if I would eliminate anything else?
Amazing! The best banana-nut muffins I’ve ever made and tasted! I followed the recipe and subbed the honey for maple syrup. Delicious!!
I’m glad you enjoyed them!
Delicious and easy to make. Added the pecans and could not stop eating the batter. Turned out perfectly, yum.
I’m happy you enjoyed the muffins!
Hi just wondering how you would use nut butter instead of whole nuts would you need to leave out some coconut oil as well????
So delicious 🤤 made mini muffins with this recipe for my toddler & I cut the bake time to 12 minutes. They were perfect!
Wonderful! I’m happy you both love them. :)
These muffins are delicious! Very moist and very tasty!
Glad you loved these muffins Tina!
Love these muffins. I make them once a week. I add healthy chocolate chips to them for my husband. I eat them without.
Happy you and your husband love them!
Can I just use regular all purpose flour in sub. Of tapioca and almond flour?..would it be that same measurement as well??
All flour bake slightly differently, and I haven’t tried any of those substitutions, sorry.
I have made these muffins again and again swapping put the honey with sugar free maple syrup. I also add dark choc chips with the nuts at the end . The family and my work colleagues love them . I am so happy that I never have to throw out over ripe bananas again
Hello! I’ve made these muffins and they are DELICIOUS! Do you think this batter will work well in a cake instead of muffins? Thank you!
Hi Carolina – yes, it could! Also, have you checked out my paleo banana nut bread? :)
Hello!
What could I use instead of Almond flour? I want to make batches for my kids to take for breakfast, but they don’t allow nuts in school.
Thank you so much!!!
Unfortunately, I haven’t tried this without almond flour yet. But when I do, I will let you know!
These banana muffins are DELICIOUS! I did add chocolate chips to one batch. Another success.
You are my turn to recipe page always.
Thank you
Lisa
Joan in Canada
I bet the chocolate chips in this tasted amazing Joan!
I’ve been making banana nut bread from a family recipe for 40 years. I’ve wanted to find a healthier alternative without regular flour to make it and now I have:) I used the butter instead of coconut oil to make this batch. I have used only Lisa’s cookbook and website since New Year’s 2023 and what a world a difference it is making on my inflammation, weight loss and a great introduction to my tastebuds:) Everything I’ve made gets great raves from my husband and my son. Thank you, Lisa for putting this together, I’m sure you are changing lives everywhere. Bless You:)
I’m so glad you finally found a healthier banana bread to enjoy, and that you and your family have been loving Downshiftology recipes.
Made these for the first time today and they are above and beyond my expectations. Thank you, Lisa!
Yay! Glad you enjoyed these muffins Elizabeth.
This is my second rave review for this recipe. Been making it for 3-4 years now, and it’s truly unbeatable. I swap out the bananas for squash purée (butternut, pumpkin, delicata), throw in a little pumpkin pie spice and it makes for the coziest fall breakfast. I prep and freeze these at least twice and month and they’re a lifesaver. Thank you for creating a classic in our home, Lisa!
Good to know this recipe works great with other purees!
Can I use 2.5 cups almond flour instead of the .5 cup Tapioca flour? I just don’t have that kind of flour and would like to make these muffins tomorrow. Thank you!
I haven’t tried this without the tapioca flour. But give it a go and let me know how it turns out!
I make these muffins almost every week and eat them for breakfast. I add Chia seeds, raisins, and use monk fruit maple syrup instead of honey. They are delicious! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!
Happy to hear you’re enjoying these muffins so much Jocy!
Hi Lisa. Finally I am able to eat something for breakfast and not feel uncomfortable. Thank you so much for your muffin recipies. I baked these Banana Nut Muffins in a Texas size pan for 30-35 minutes. Served one up with sliced banana and a drizzle of maple syrup for breakfast. YUM.
So glad you’ve found a great breakfast option that works for you!
Used almond pulp from making almond milk & subbed dairy free chocolate chips for the nuts to make these. Yum! My toddler loves these :) & I love not wasting the pulp from my almond milk!!
I love this recipe and the family loves when I sometimes add in chocolate chips!
Followed the recipe yet,
Used 4 bananas and refined coconut oil, and omitted the vanilla .
Wonderful recipe!!!!
Glad you enjoyed these banana muffins Gwen!
I’ve made this recipe twice, going on third time now making big 6 big muffins. When I cut mine in half, it doesn’t have the same texture with air pockets as yours, but the crumb is even and compact. Sometimes it comes out a little too moist in the center. How long would you recommend baking the big muffins? I was also wondering if it would be okay to substitute extra virgin olive oil instead of coconut oil? Thanks for the delicious recipe!
If you’re making bigger muffins, I’d cook them maybe 5 minutes longer. Then do the toothpick test.
I made these muffins without nuts b/c I had none, but these muffins were the bomb – very moist & delicious! Lol. Thank you for sharing your delicious, healthy recipes.
The muffins were so light and fluffy and delicious!
In addition to the chocolate chips, I added a few yellow raisins.
Glad that I baked the muffins in mini-cupcake baking pan, as they are so yummy, one-mall
muffin satisfies.
Needing a dessert for company, I split the mini muffins, spread each split side with
cream cheese and added a healthy-cherry jam to the middle, pushing the two sides together.
I would like to make mini muffins with this recipe. How long would you cook them for?
Lee
I haven’t tried making mini muffins with this recipe, but I’m thinking start with 15 minutes and check on them from there.
Moist and healthy. A great breakfast or snack grab n’ go. I just have to have the discipline to not eat too many at once!
These were perfect! By the time I got to make them, there were only two bananas left in the house, but that was just enough. I used butter instead of coconut oil which gave a nice crispy muffin top. I also added half a bag of chocolate chips. My husband does not like banana muffins (and yet I still married him), so I will try this wth pumpkin next time. Thank you!
These muffins really are the best way to put browned bananas to work!
I would like to try this recipe but make banana bread instead of muffins. Will this recipe allow that? If yes, what would the temperature and timing in the oven be?
I actually have a Paleo Banana Bread recipe already on the website :)
Dear Lisa, I’ve recently discovered your website and videos and I am so grateful! Just made these muffins and they smell and taste so divine. Will definitely repeat and adopt this recipe. Thank you once more, Lisa!
If I haven’t said so yet, welcome to the Downshiftology community Ivelina! Glad you’re loving these banana muffins, so I’m excited to see what you make next!
I used this recipe and added rhubarb also as I have an abundance. They smell great. Just waiting for them to cool down to taste :)
This is so delicious!! Thank you Lisa!
Happy to hear you’re loving these banana nut muffins :)
These are great (as are all of the baked goods I’ve made from Downshiftology recipes) and so easy to throw together. If you’re on the fence about making them – go for it. I love making them to snack on throughout the weekend, but they’d also be nice for weekday breakfasts or an afternoon snack. The recipe is also VERY forgiving. I was very tired when I made them a couple weeks ago and forgot to add the bananas! They still came out okay (completely edible), and it took us until the next day to realize what happened. I wouldn’t actually recommend leaving out the bananas, but I was super impressed by how forgiving this recipe is!
Best paleo muffins!! Perfect shape and easy to make. V yum. A tiny bit on the dry side but I may have cooked them jyst a bit long?
You might have overcooked them a bit as some ovens will cook hotter than others.
Just as good as the blueberry muffins! I added pecans, and I only had 1 cup of almond flour so I used almond meal for the second cup, and they turned out amazing. I got 15 muffins from the mix. This will be a staple recipe in my house.
Glad you enjoyed the banana muffins as much as the blueberry ones :)