Banana Egg Muffins
These Banana Egg Muffins from The Whole Smiths are the PERFECT easy-to-make breakfast. They are lightly sweetened and taste like a delicious banana pancake in muffin form. Grown ups and kids alike are falling in love with them. Will you be the next?
Bananas and eggs? huh?
Banana eggs. The gift that just keeps giving. If you aren’t familiar with Banana Eggs, let me fill you in. They’re a recipe found in The Whole Smiths Good Food Cookbook and A. People cannot get enough of them and B. They are the perfect breakfast when you are sick.of.eggs. Even though they are eggs.
But I know what you’re thinking, eggs? Together with bananas? Gross. I can’t even. But hear me out. These are going to taste really similar to banana pancakes but without the fuss of having to make them in batches, flipping them perfectly (because who of us has actually mastered that) and by putting them into muffin form, they become portable! While banana eggs are amazing all on their own making them into muffins just takes them to the next level. And yes, they are great to meal prep ahead of time and reheat in the mornings.
Now onto the muffin part.
During #bananaeggs week over on my Instagram, one of my fellow readers tried making hers into muffins and tagged me. While she mentioned her first attempt hadn’t been successful I decided to take a crack at it and see what I could do. Soon after, presto! This Banana Egg Muffin recipe were born.
Banana Egg Muffins for all.
Edited to add: Initially we released this recipe as an add-on / thank you to all of those who purchased The Whole Smiths Good Food Cookbook but after two years, it’s remained a popular recipe and I thin we can share it with everyone. Full recipe details in the recipe card below!
But here’s the deal, I decided to publish this recipe as a thank you / bonus to all of you who have supported my book. Your support, excitement, posts, comments, DMs, EVERYTHING have meant the world to me throughout all of this. So in the form of Banana Egg Muffins, I thank you. If I could hand make and deliver them to each of your homes, I would.
The recipe for the banana eggs, which this recipe uses, is in The Whole Smiths Good Food Cookbook. You can order it here if you don’t already have your copy. The banana eggs “batter” is the base of this recipe. Ok, now that we have that all out of the way!
Blueberries, chocolate, nuts, oh my!
Just like their big sister, you can add all sorts of toppings into these bad boys. From fruit, to chocolate, nuts and coconuts, the combinations are endless. I’m even thinking I’m going to try and make some Pumpkin Pie Banana Egg Muffins in the fall, so stay tuned for that.
Kids love banana eggs muffins.
Do you want to know what the absolute best part about banana eggs / banana egg muffins? Kids LOVE them. Love them! That has been one of my absolute favorite part about seeing all of your Instagram posts, how much your kids love them! I can’t tell you how many messages I’ve received from parents everywhere saying that FINALLY they have been able to get their kids to eat eggs.
Here’s where it gets cheesy… this is why I do what I do. To help you solve a problem, to help you make eating whole more manageable, delicious and attainable. It warms my heart. So thank you for sending me all of those sweet pictures, DMs and comments, it motivates me to keep going on those days where I’m over algorithms, excess emails and other general annoying parts of blogging. Thank YOU.
The banana egg muffin gear.
On to the banana egg muffins. I recommend HIGHLY using silicone muffin liners so they just pop out. Any egg muffins I’ve ever made come out better using them as they never stick. You can find some here on Amazon. I also use them for regular ‘ol muffins and cupcakes regularly. You can also use a non-stick muffin pan but they do cook up a little differently.
Despite all of non-stick preventedness steps I’m taking, I still like to lightly grease the liners or pan. You can use coconut oil, avocado oil, really any of your favorite oils. Personally I like using the coconut oil spray from Chosen Foods because it’s mess free and easy. But like I said, any oil will work.
Once you have that down, simply mix up your banana egg batter and pour them into the liners / pan about 3/4 of the way full. Then add your toppings. And like I said, whatever you’d like. Get creative and find some combinations you and your family love. My personal favorite at the moment is mini-chocolate chips and walnuts, like banana bread.
So tell me, are you guys ready for Banana Egg Muffins? What’s your favorite flavor combo with them?
Banana Egg Muffins
Ingredients
- 3 bananas mashed
- 7 eggs beaten
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch salt
- oil to spray / coat the liners
- A selection of toppings of your choice. Plan for about 1-2 teaspoons of ingredients per muffin. That will vary slightly based on the ingredient chopped strawberries, walnuts, mini chocolate chips, shredded coconut, ground flax seed, raspberries, pecans. Get creative and delicious, you won't mess it up!
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375*F.
- Add the bananas, beaten eggs and pinch of salt into the same bowl and combine.
- Spray or grease the inside of the silicone muffin liners.
- Pour the batter evenly amongst the 12 muffin liners / cups, filling about ⅔ of the way up. Add your toppings into each muffin, about a teaspoon or two of ingredients into each muffin will work.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes until the eggs have cooked through. Let cool sightly and serve.
I’ve been eating banana eggs for breakfast all week but preparing them daily so washing pans etc each morning. Looking to save time, I just made a 1/2 recipe of the muffins tonight. I wasn’t sure how well they would come away from my muffin tin. I don’t have the silicone inserts. I sprayed well with coconut oil spray and they slipped out easily after 12 minutes in the oven. Perfect! Ready for the week! Thanks!!!
Banana eggs for life!! What is the best way to store and reheat these?
What if I have a kid who doesn’t like bananas? Is there a savory substitute I can use?
You can try cooked, mashed sweet potato.
I have your cookbook and love all your recipes; especially the banana eggs. I do have a question: Can you store banana eggs as leftovers? I made a full batch and I am feeding only two people. Thank you!
Yes, absolutely. They reheat just fine.
I just made these for breakfast and prep for the week. How do you recommend storing them and reheating? I used blueberries and topped them with shaved almonds, not sure if I used to too many berries (or my oven doesn’t really heat to right temp) but there was sooo much liquid on top I had to cook them for an extra 10 min. They came out amazing though! Even my husband who isn’t now big on “sweet” breakfasts loved them! Thank you for the recipe
The ingredients are “Ingredients from the banana egg recipe in The Whole Smiths Good Food Cookbook”? You are not sharing a recipe, you are plugging your book. What a let down.
If you read the post, this recipe is a thank you to those who purchased my book.
These have to be amazing.
Healthy , muffin like texture with healthy ingredients and comparatively low calories ! Yum!
I added some strawberries in for extra sweetness , and microwaved it in a mug instead . Fast and easy .
Sweet! Finally a (nut/seed) flourless recipe I’ve always done just egg+ fruit sans-flour (for the texture and $implicity) and it’s my favourite. Nice to see someone’s thinking the same way ✊
For the cinnamon, you didn’t mention pinch, tsp or tbsp, it just says 1/2 cinnamon. I’ve enjoyed making banana egg pancakes. I can’t wait to try this.
Oh gosh, an oversight here. Teaspoon! Thanks for bringing it to my attention. It’s been updated in the recipe.
Sadly, I found these to be less than desirable. They taste like eggs and even have the consistency of them ☹️
I mean… they’re eggs. They taste like eggs.