These Banana Nut Baked Oatmeal Muffins are easy to make in one bowl and are a healthy, portable breakfast that is great for making ahead for busy mornings!
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Baked oatmeal muffins have been a staple in our family since Meghan was a toddler and Luke was a baby. I love that you can make them ahead of time and have a healthy, nourishing breakfast ready to go for busy mornings.
Lately, I’ve realized that I need a heartier baked oatmeal muffin. I absolutely love these Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal Muffins, for example, but I need to eat about four of them to feel satisfied in the morning.
So I created these Banana Nut Baked Oatmeal Muffins to be a heartier, more filling breakfast option where we wouldn’t eat the entire pan in one day. 
I added more oats, more eggs, and more almond milk, but still cooked them in the same amount of muffin cups. This made for a bigger, more caloric muffin. It did the trick!
If you love Banana Nut Muffins, you’ll love these healthy Banana Nut Baked Oatmeal Muffins. If you’ve never made baked oatmeal muffins before, you should know that they aren’t exactly like muffins. They are more like a cross between a muffin and baked oatmeal.
They hold together enough so they are portable and you don’t need to eat them with a spoon, but they are soft and baked-oatmeal-like in the center.
These are lightly sweet. They have three bananas which give them a nice banana flavor and natural sweetness, and then just a small amount of honey to add more sweetness. They are not, however, a super sweet muffin. If that’s what you’re looking for, I’d add about 1/4 cup coconut sugar or sucanat to the batter. (<—affiliate links)
You can use this as a base recipe to customize your muffins!
Ideas to Customize your Banana Nut Baked Oatmeal Muffins
- Make these vegan by using flax eggs in place of the eggs.
- Instead of walnuts, use pecans.
- Add 1/2-3/4 cup raisins.
- Add 1/2-3/4 cup chocolate chips. (<—my kids would love this!)
- Omit the nuts and add some chopped berries.
- Add up to 1 cup shredded carrot or zucchini for an extra veggie boost!
If you have any more ideas for customization, add them in the comments! I hope you love this recipe for Banana Nut Baked Oatmeal Muffins as much as we do.
If you are looking for more gluten-free muffin recipes, you will love these Almond Flour Banana Muffins!
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Banana Nut Baked Oatmeal Muffins
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 12 muffins 1x
Description
These Banana Nut Baked Oatmeal Muffins are easy to make in one bowl, naturally sweetened, and a healthy, hearty, portable breakfast idea!
Ingredients
- 3 large ripe bananas
- 1 1/2 cups unsweetened almond milk (or milk of choice)
- 2 eggs*
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup walnut pieces, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Lightly grease 12 muffin cups or line with silicone baking cups. (affiliate link)
- In a medium bowl, mash the bananas well.
- Add the milk, eggs, honey, and vanilla and stir to combine.
- Add the oats, salt, and baking powder and stir to combine.
- Stir in 3/4 cup walnuts.
- Pour the mixture into the muffin cups and sprinkle the remaining walnuts on top.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Enjoy!
Notes
*Flax eggs may be substituted.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 190
- Sugar: 4.6 grams
- Fat: 7.5 grams
- Carbohydrates: 23.7 grams
- Protein: 5.6 grams
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I used Kodiak protein rolled oats and did a tsp of vanilla extract plus a half top of maple extract. fabulous! might try half honey and half real maple syrup next time 🤤
Glad to hear this!
Do you think it would work to blend half of the oats to make flour and use that? so half the oats in flour form and the other half in the original rolled oats form.
Yes, I do think that would work. The texture will change, but it will still work I believe!
Is there a measurement for the bananas? They can be such a variety of sizes!
Has anyone tried adding protein powder?
Hi Maryea!
These look delicious! I was wondering what would happen if I decided to omit the honey? My daughter is under a year old, and I know they say not to give honey to babies. Would this alter the recipe? I’ve made your banana chocolate chip oat cups before and I know those don’t have honey. Would they come out similar to that recipe?
Thanks for your help!
I think you could omit the honey with no problems. Three bananas should provide plenty of sweetness!
Thank you! Can’t wait to try them!
So I ended up omitting the honey and walnuts. I added 1 cup shredded zucchini, 1/2 cup raisins, 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon, and 1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut! They were amazing and reminded me a little bit of morning glory muffins. Thanks for the recipe! I love making your oat cups!
Thanks for letting me know! 🙂
We like a little pumpkin puree, raisins, cranberries, and lots of cinnamon in our oatmeal. I’ve modified your muffins before and they work great! Question: do you think it’d work to use a cup (maybe 3/4?) of nut butter instead of chopped nuts? My son is picky about nut pieces, but I agree with you about wanting to make these a little more filling.
I do think adding nut butter will work. I’m just not sure about the amount. I’d add 1/2 cup first, and just look at the batter and judge how thick it is. Keep adding more if it’s not too thick. I may have to try this myself! I’ll report back if I do!
Great thank you!
I made these yesterday with 1 cup almond butter in place of the chopped nuts. It added to the volume quite a bit, so they were huge, almost too big for 12 muffin cups. They needed to cook longer than the 25 minutes, but otherwise it turned out well. (an extra 10 minutes did the trick) I like the flavor better the other way because the almond butter kind of took over the banana, but they were still good. I’m sure it’d work with any nut butter or sunbutter. Next time I might just do 3/4 cup instead of the full cup.
Thanks for the update! I might try tmr morning.
You describe them as mildly sweet with just a touch of honey but I do not see honey listed as an ingredient. Did you add honey and if so, how much?
Thank you for catching that! It should have 1/4 cup honey listed and you add it along with the milk and eggs. I just updated the recipe! 🙂
What can I use instead of eggs? Do flax eggs work as a true substitute?
Thanks!
YES! Flax eggs work here. I meant to put that as a note, but I must have forgot. I will update the recipe with that note now! Thank you. 🙂