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Pumpkin Banana Muffins in the muffin tin after baking.

Pumpkin Banana Muffins

Brooke Homec
Pumpkin banana muffins are an easy one bowl recipe, that gives the fluffiest, most flavorful muffins. They're filled with warm spices and lots of chocolate chips, with the perfect mix of banana and pumpkin.
5 from 15 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 17 minutes
Total Time 32 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 10
Calories 354 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • ½ cup (113.5 g) butter browned and cooled
  • 1 large banana
  • 1 cups (200 g) granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs room temperature
  • 1 cup (235 g) pumpkin puree
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) soda
  • ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) salt
  • 2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • cups (210 g) all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup (180 g) chocolate chips
  • turbinado sugar for topping

Instructions
 

  • Start by browning the butter. You'll take ½ cup of butter and melt in a medium saucepan, and then continue to cook beyond the point of boiling. You will do this over medium heat, past the point of the butter foaming, until it turns a nice golden brown, and has a nutty smell. Make sure you are stirring and watching it, because it will turn from the ideal amber brown to burnt fairly quickly. Once finished browning, pour into a bowl and allow to cool completely. You want all the little brown bits. Those are what is going to give it the flavor.
  • Preheat the oven to 350°F and fill muffin cups with liners or spray with non-stick spray.
  • In a large bowl mash your large banana. Add brown butter, sugar, eggs, pumpkin purée and vanilla, whisking or beating until smooth.
  • Pour the baking soda, salt, pumpkin spice and flour into the bowl of wet ingredients and whisk until just combined. Do not overmix. Fold in chocolate chips.
  • Using a ¼ cup cookie scoop, scoop batter into prepared muffin cups. You want muffin cups to be completely full. Top with a few additional chocolate chips and some turbinado sugar.
  • Bake for 17-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  • Allow to cool for about 10 minutes before removing from pan.

Notes

Feel free to omit the chocolate chips, or sometimes I do half with and half without.
If you do not want to spend the time to brown the butter you can use melted butter or oil as a substitute.
I have given both cups and grams as measurements. Grams will be more precise, especially when measuring flour. If you don’t have a kitchen scale, no problem! Just lightly spoon flour into your measuring cup to insure its not packed in there. Light and fluffy is the key.
 

Nutrition

Calories: 354kcalCarbohydrates: 51gProtein: 4gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 62mgSodium: 206mgPotassium: 191mgFiber: 2gSugar: 33gVitamin A: 4160IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 34mgIron: 2mg
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