whole wheat banana blueberry muffins
People ask me all the time how I get my kids to eat breakfast before school. I guess most kids have a hard time getting up and eating right away. For us it’s just never been an option. Breakfast is important, and we don’t skip it, ever.
I think it helps when you make them them a breakfast that they like. I may not enjoy getting up early, but two or three days a week I get up a few minutes earlier than usual to make them pancakes or waffles before school. Charlie likes eggs, Stella cereal, so those make an appearance too.
And I always try to have muffins on hand. One of my favorites lately are these banana blueberry muffins. They are a great way to use up ripe bananas, which we always seem to have on the counter.
On mornings when I struggle getting out of bed (like today) muffins make a great, fast breakfast paired with fruit or yogurt, and the extras make great lunch box or after school snacks. And with teenagers in the house we go through a LOT of after school snacks.
Ingredients
- 2 cups white whole wheat or whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 2 eggs
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed
- 4 Tbsp butter, melted
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
Instructions
- heat oven to 375 degrees
- grease or line muffin tin with liners
- combine all dry ingredients
- whisk together the eggs, bananas, butter, milk, and vanilla
- pour the wet ingredients over the dry, and stir just until combined
- carefully fold in the blueberries
- spoon into muffin tins, cups will be full
- bake at 375 for 25 minutes
- cool in pan 10 minutes, and then remove to rack to finish cooing
enjoy!
back-to-school breakfast from friends –
bananas foster smoothie – mom on timeout
cinnamon toast crunch french toast – wine and glue
lemon blueberry scones – something swanky
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My daughter starts school next month and I have been struggling with breakfast ideas. My husband wants more muffins in his life so this recipe will do the trick ! Your whole wheat muffins look delicious and I cannot wait to try them!
thanks so much Kacey – muffins are a time saver on our busiest mornings
Muffins are a favorite in our house and I LOVE all things blueberry! These look awesome!
same here – thanks Stephanie
Dear Heather, these muffins are beautiful!! A perfect use for blueberries. xo, Catherine
thanks so much Catherine – it’s hard to beat a blueberry muffin
Who doesn’t love muffins?! They’re so comforting and totally delicious- what’s not to love?
I couldn’t agree more – thanks Medha
I love muffins and yours just look so charming. Will have to give your recipe a try!
thanks so much Mitch
I used to be obsessed with blueberry muffins, but haven’t had one in probably years. Your pictures are so gorgeous and these look so delicious that I may have to bake up a batch soon!
thanks jenna – we love our muffins, especially blueberry 🙂
I love having muffins on hand for easy breakfasts!
they do make for a stress free muffin
That might just be the most perfect blueberry muffin I have ever seen!
wow, thanks so much Nic!
These look fabulous – breakfast wouldn’t be an option for me either if I had a batch of these right now!
thank you 🙂 most important meal of the say I always say
Gorgeous muffins! We are huge blueberry and banana fans and area always looking for breakfasts that we can just grab and go. These look perfect!
thanks so much Des! we love them too
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