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Farmhouse Banana Muffins

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Farmhouse Banana Muffin recipe from DietConfetti

With cranberries, warm spices, and optional roasted nuts

These Farmhouse Banana Muffins are warm, rustic, and naturally sweet from ripe bananas. They are soft inside, golden outside, and full of that cozy homemade feeling, with cranberries, cinnamon, nutmeg, and simple earthy toppings like poppy seeds, pumpkin seeds, or walnuts.

They are also wonderfully easy to make: just mash, mix, spoon into muffin cups, and bake. No hassle, no fuss — perfect before breakfast, before a quick lunch, for a child’s lunchbox, or as a cozy snack with tea.

Ingredients

Wet Ingredients

  • 4 ripe bananas, mashed with a fork

  • 3 eggs

  • 1/2 cup olive oil

  • 1 cup organic yogurt (or dairy-free alternative)

  • Vanilla extract, to taste

  • Optional (for sweetness): 2–3 tablespoons honey or maple syrup

Dry Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups organic brown rice flour

  • 1/2 cup psyllium husk

  • 1 tablespoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)

  • Cinnamon and Nutmeg, to taste

  • Optional: Other warm spices (ginger, cardamom, or allspice)

Add-ins

  • 1 cup cranberries or raisins
  • Optional: Organic dark chocolate chips
  • Optional: Chopped walnuts, hazelnuts, or other nuts

Nut-free version: Skip the nuts and use extra cranberries, raisins, chopped dried apricots, dates, figs, or dark chocolate chips instead.

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 170°C.
  2. Line a muffin tray with paper muffin cups.
  3. Mash: In a large bowl, mash the bananas with a fork until soft and creamy.
  4. Combine Wet: Add the eggs, olive oil, yogurt, vanilla extract, and optional sweetener. Mix well.
  5. Combine Dry: Add the brown rice flour, psyllium husk, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and other spices.
  6. Mix: Gently stir until a thick batter forms. Do not overmix.
  7. Fold: Add the cranberries/raisins and optional chocolate chips.
  8. Nuts: Fold in your chopped roasted nuts if using.
  9. Fill: Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups.
  10. Top: Sprinkle with poppy seeds, pumpkin seeds, or nuts. (Or use dried fruit/chocolate for a nut-free version).
  11. Bake: Bake at 170°C for about 25 minutes, or until golden and firm. A toothpick should come out mostly clean.
  12. Cool: Let them cool slightly before serving.

Serving Ideas

These muffins are beautiful with a cup of tea, as a quick breakfast, or as a child’s lunchbox treat. You can drizzle a little honey or olive oil on top for an extra rustic touch.

They also make a lovely side with creamy soups. For a simple farmhouse-style meal, serve one next to your favorite vegetable cream soup.

Farmhouse Banana Muffins