Coffee Shop Banana Streusel Muffins
Stop reading this and go buy yourself some bananas!
Don’t you hate waiting for bananas to ripen when you just want to smash them up and stuff them into bread? I hope you help yourself out by going to the store right now and getting some. I’ll give you a few minutes…<
If you already have scary-looking bananas on your countertop then just take a moment to imagine yourself biting into one of these.
Can you appreciate the hugeness of these muffins?! My sister-in-law gave me this set of 6 silicone “Texas-sized” muffin cups (as they were advertised on the packaging). Wow! I knew right away that I wanted to make some kind of streusel muffin with these big boys. Whenever I have a streusel muffin I’m always sad when the topping is gone. I keep looking down at my muffin hoping that more of the buttery topping will magically appear.
I normally make this recipe as 12 standard-sized muffins but these cups gave me so much more surface area to pack in the buttery streusel goodness. Also, did you know that you can buy foil jumbo cups at your supermarket? If you buy these foil liners you don’t need a special pan. Just remove the paper liner inside the foil cup and place directly on your baking sheet.<
I have taken my favorite parts of every banana bread that I’ve made through the years and have tried to come up with the maximum banana flavor for this recipe. These monster muffins pack 4 bananas into 6 muffins!! The secret to jamming 4 bananas into these muffins is using your mixer to whip them up into a fluffy mess before folding them into your batter. Mmmmmm. Of course you could skip the streusel topping – they would still be coffee shop worthy.
Mix up a batch of these today and have a friend over to impress.
You could even charge your friend $5.00 if you want.
Okay, so don’t do that. $3.99 is just fine.
Coffee Shop Banana Streusel Muffins
Ingredients
- Muffins:
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cups brown sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 4 ripe bananas
- Streusel:
- 5 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2/3 cup flour
- 2/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of salt, optional
Instructions
- Muffins:
- Preheat oven to 350⁰ F and lightly grease your muffin tin/baking cups with cooking spray.Muffins:
- Whip up bananas using the paddle attachment on your mixer for 3 – 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. It should end up being about 2 1/2 cups of banana fluff. Transfer to another bowl and set aside.
- Cream together the butter and brown sugar in the bowl of the mixer (there is no need to wash off the paddle or bowl from the bananas). Add eggs one at a time and then incorporate the whipped bananas until well blended. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add the dry ingredientsto the wet. Spoon batter into prepared cups.
- Streusel:
- Melt butter in the bottom of a medium microwave-safe bowl. Add the dry ingredients on top. IMPORTANT: Incorporate the dry ingredients with your FINGERS until the mixture is moist and crumbly. If you try to use a spoon it will congeal into one huge ball of goo.
- Drop the crumb topping onto the muffins and bake.
- 6 jumbo muffins: 20 – 25 minutes
- 12 standard muffins: 15 – 18 minutes
65 Comments on “Coffee Shop Banana Streusel Muffins”
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I just tried this recipe. I am in Denver CO (1 mile up at altitude), so I baked them at 355 instead of 350, and I cooked them the full 18 minutes without opening the oven once. I have never heard of powdered sugar being used in struesal. Thanks for the tip about using your fingers, as my past struesals habe often turned into one big ball instead of crumbly. They came out of the oven and looked almost too mixed, you know what I mean? I had used my regular two mixers instead of folding in the banana like I realized it said.i burnt the bottom slightly of the muffins even though they were in muffin cups as I didn’t think I needed to grease them. All in all the “bread like” muffin was delicious and moist, but I will have to not bring this first batch to work due to it being burnt. I also used 6 bananas not 4 and it Gabe me only 2 cups.
I absolutely live by this recipe! It’s such a hit whenever I bring some in. However, are these meant to be dense? Since there’s no baking powder? It still tastes amazing, but not the same fluffy muffin texture.
Can this recipe used for a loaf instead of muffins??
I have made these several times. They are the best! I have been told by friends that they are the best they’ve ever had! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
In the oven! Smell and look great! A few tweaks ( cinnamon,brown sugar) added to the topping. Can’t wait!
I just made these. I made 1 and 1/2 the recipe because I wanted to use the 6 bananas I had. I thought it would make 18 because original recipe said it would make 12, but it made 2 dozen regular and 3 jumbo. Pretty plain and simple, but good. regular size took 21 min. in my oven. I think they needed a little cinnamon in the muffin too. Overall a good recipe.
These were absolutely perfect! I made as directed and YUM!
Wow! These are the best I’ve ever made! Thank you for the recipe!! I actually got 14 muffins following the recipe😃
My bananas did not get fluffy. More liquid like. What did I do wrong?
Found this recipe on pinterest today. I replaced 2 Tbsp of the butter in the streusel with peanut butter and melted them together. Otherwise I followed the recipe exactly as written, including some chocolate chips. They are soooo good! Very light and fluffy.
Can these be frozen?