These quick and easy Banana Coffee Cake Muffins are deliciously fluffy and tender with a buttery cinnamon brown sugar streusel on top.
Do you ever dream of eating cake for breakfast? Well, these coffee cake banana muffins are about as close as you can get to that! An adaptation from my delightful Banana Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake, these muffins have a little less sugar which makes them a little more acceptable for breakfast fare.
If you have more ripe bananas sitting around on the counter to use up, might I suggest my Banana Gingerbread Muffins, Nutella Banana Muffins, or Banana Chocolate Cupcakes for more banana baking goodness? Or try this refreshing Banana Coffee Milkshake on a hot day!
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⭐️ Why You Need to Make These Muffins
- Texture - These muffins have a wonderful light and fluffy texture.
- Flavor - Light and sweet banana flavor goes together beautifully with the buttery cinnamon brown sugar topping.
- Process - This recipe is very easy to mix together and bake for breakfasts or snacks!
🧈 Ingredients
Here are the ingredients needed to make these banana crumb muffins.
- Salted Butter - You could use unsalted butter instead with ¼ teaspoon of additional salt added to the flour mixture. Add a pinch of salt to the crumble topping as well if using unsalted butter.
- Brown Sugar - Some brown sugar for the muffins and some for the streusel topping.
- Mashed Banana - Around 2 average to large ripe bananas will make up 1 cup of mashed banana.
- Sour Cream - You could use plain unsweetened yogurt instead of sour cream.
See the recipe card for the full list of ingredients with measurements.
📃 Instructions
Step 1: Cream together the softened butter and brown sugar for 1 minute.
Step 2: Add the egg, vanilla, mashed banana, and sour cream.
Step 3: Mix until incorporated.
Step 4: Whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
Step 5: Add the combined dry ingredients to the mixed wet ingredients.
Step 6: Mix on low speed just until combined. Do not overmix!
Step 7: Stir together the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and melted butter to make the streusel topping.
Step 8: Distribute the muffin batter evenly between 18 lined or greased muffin cups in a pan. Top with each muffin with a sprinkle of the crumble.
Bake in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
💡 Top Tip
Be very careful not to overmix the muffin batter! Overmixing will result in tough and dense muffins rather than tender and fluffy. Mix just until no streaks of flour remain.
❓ Recipe FAQs
Yes, unsweetened plain yogurt would work well in place of sour cream in a pinch.
Yes, I think chopped pecans, walnuts, or almonds would be a great addition to the crumble topping.
Store fully cooled muffins in an airtight container with a layer of paper towel on the bottom to help absorb excess moisture.
Flour, sugar, and butter are what make up streusel. White or brown sugar can be used and sometimes nuts or spices are added.
🍌 More Banana Recipes
Looking for other recipes to make with bananas? Try these:
If you tried these Banana Streusel Muffins or any other recipe on my website, please leave a ⭐️ star rating and write a little note telling me how it went in the comments below. Thank you!!
📖 Recipe
Banana Coffee Cake Muffins
Equipment
- 12-count muffin tin(s)
- muffin liners or non-stick spray
- mixing bowls
- electric handheld mixer
- measuring cups & spoons
Ingredients
For the Batter:
- ½ cup salted butter, softened *
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
- ¾ cup sour cream *
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
For the Crumb:
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons salted butter * melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉. Grease the muffin tin(s) with non-stick spray or line with 18 muffin liners.
- In a large bowl using an electric handheld mixer, cream the softened butter and brown sugar on medium speed for 1 minute. Add the egg, vanilla, mashed bananas, and sour cream and continue beating for 30 seconds until fluffy.
- Whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add to the wet ingredients and mix on low speed just until incorporated.
- Stir together the brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Add the melted butter and stir to form a crumbly texture.
- Distribute the batter between the prepared muffin tins (18 in total). Top with the crumb mixture distributed evenly between all the muffins.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Enjoy!
Notes
- You could use unsalted butter instead with ¼ teaspoon of additional salt added to the flour mixture. Add a pinch of salt to the crumble topping as well if using unsalted butter.
- You could use plain unsweetened yogurt instead of sour cream.
Casey W.
I made these today, and the whole family is enjoying them! I didn’t have sour cream, so I substituted milk soured with lemon juice, and it seemed to work fine. I also added some quick oats to the streusel. A friend I shared them with said they are “State Fair quality,” so thanks for another great recipe!
Naomi Andres
Thanks so much, Casey!! I’m glad to hear that this recipe worked out for you!