Trail Mix Banana Bread Muffins

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 12 muffins
  • Total: 35 min
  • Active: 15 min
Instead of folding chopped nuts into your banana bread, try trail mix. In this mashup recipe, we combine two of our school-year favorites into one irresistible treat. Plain trail mix works well here, but we love those that include dried banana chips, rainbow chocolate candies or soft coconut flakes.
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Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour (see Cook's Note)

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

3/4 cup mashed overripe bananas (about 2 large bananas)

1/4 cup plain full-fat Greek yogurt

1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar

1/4 cup granulated sugar

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 large egg

2 cups trail mix, chopped (See Cook’s Note)

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin pan with paper liners.
  2. Whisk the flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.
  3. Whisk the bananas, yogurt, brown sugar, granulated sugar, oil, vanilla and egg in a large bowl until lightened and smooth. Add the flour mixture to the banana mixture and gently whisk until combined, scraping with a rubber spatula as needed. Fold in 1 cup of the trail mix. Divide the batter evenly into the muffin pan. Top each muffin with a heaping tablespoon of the remaining trail mix.
  4. Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted comes out clean, 16 to 18 minutes. Allow to cool 5 minutes before removing from pan. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Cook’s Note

When measuring flour, we spoon it into a dry measuring cup and level off excess. (Scooping directly from the bag compacts the flour, resulting in dry baked goods.) If using a trail mix with whole nuts, chop slightly to ensure that everything is bite-sized.

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