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Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins

April 30, 2016 by Irish American Mom 10 Comments

Muffins are my favorite, easy, grab-and-go breakfast at the weekend. I love to whip up a batch on Friday evening, to make sure I get a head start on Saturday morning mayhem, which usually reigns supreme in our house.

Blueberry banana oatmeal muffin

When we wake up on Saturdays, we’ve usually hit that snooze button a few times too often, and immediately have to start running here, there and everywhere around the house looking for football boots, water bottles, basketballs, shin guards, tin whistles, and all the other paraphernalia four kids need for matches and activities.  With blueberry muffins ready to go, at least I know breakfast is covered.

“What’s for breakfast, mom?” echoes through the house every Saturday.

“Grab a muffin,” I shout back.

Blueberry Muffins with oatmeal and banana

And grab a few muffins we surely do. I pack some in a plastic lunchbox, and as I sit on the sideline of some sports field, I treat myself to a muffin. Well, maybe a muffin or two.

And so, here’s my recipe for Saturday morning muffins.

 

Ingredients for Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins: 

 

I know muffins are not typically Irish, but I add some good Irish oatmeal to these blueberry-banana muffins, which definitely gives them an Irish twist. 

Ingredients for Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins

 

  • 2 cups of all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon of baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons of baking powder
  • 1/2 cup of brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup of oatmeal
  • 1 and 1/2 cups of fresh blueberries
  • 2 ripe bananas
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup of buttermilk
  • 2 ounces of melted butter
  • 1 tablespoon of brown sugar (for topping)
  • 2 tablespoons of oatmeal (for topping)

 

Directions for Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins:

 

Before you get started mixing the muffins, let’s do a little preparation.

Turn the oven on to 350° Fahrenheit to make sure you have a nice hot oven for the muffins once they’re mixed.

Linng a muffin tray with baking cases

Since these muffins rise based on the chemical reaction between buttermilk and baking soda, it’s important to get them into the oven quickly once they’re mixed.

So be sure to line a muffin tray at the very beginning.

Sifting flour, baking powder and baking soda for blueberry muffins

Next sift the flour, baking power and baking soda together.

Add a pinch of salt if you wish, but I don’t bother.  I use melted, salted butter for this recipe, so I think they’re fine without any extra salt. If you substitute oil for the butter, then add a pinch of salt.

If you don’t want to bother sifting, then mix the flour with a whisk to eliminate lumps. I just can’t bring myself to eliminate the sifting step. I still hear my high school home economics teacher lecturing on the importance of incorporating air into the flour by sifting.

Adding brown sugar and oatmeal to flour for blueberry banana muffins

Next add the brown sugar and oatmeal to the mixing bowl and combine them with the flour.

Adding melted butter to buttermilk and eggs for blueberry muffins

In a separate bowl or pitcher add the buttermilk and eggs and whisk them together.  Melt the butter and add it to the eggs and buttermilk.

Adding mashed banana to wet ingredients for blueberry banana muffins

Next come the bananas. Mash them with a fork on a plate. Give them a good old mashing. I don’t like banana lumps in these muffins.

Another trick of mine is to add the mashed banana to the wet ingredients and whisk them together.

Others may add the bananas after combining the wet and dry ingredients, but I like to add them to the eggs first.

Mixing wet and dry ingredients for muffins

Next step involves pouring the wet ingredients into the dry. Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients, and pour in the buttermilk mixture. Combine the batter gently.

It may seem a little lumpy but don’t worry about this once there aren’t any pockets of dry flour.

Adding blueberries to muffin batter

Toss in the blueberries and mix them gently through the batter with a spoon.

Blueberry banana oatmeal muffin batter

And this is how the batter looks when it’s ready to fill those muffin cups.

Oatmeal and brown sugar topping for blueberry muffins

I mix the topping next, which is simply a combo of brown sugar and Irish oatmeal.

Blueberry muffins ready for the oven

Divide the batter between the twelve muffin cups.

The baking cases will be pretty full, but I like a muffin with a nice big muffin top, so I just load them on up.  Nothing wrong with an extra big muffin top – take it from me.

Sprinkle the top of the muffins with the sugar and oatmeal topping.

Next pop them in the pre-heated oven, and bake them for 18 to 20 minutes.

Baked blueberry banana muffins fresh out of the oven

When ready they’ll be beautifully golden brown.

Remove them from the oven.  Allow them to sit in the tray for about 5 minutes to cool slightly. Then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Three blueberry banana oatmeal muffins

Then, if like me you make them the evening before you really and truly need them to feed four hungry kids, try not to dig in straight away.  It’s very hard to resist.

Inside of a blueberry banana oatmeal muffin

But if you have to, just crack one open while they’re still a little warm and enjoy those juicy blueberries surrounded by moist and fluffy muffin. Yummy!

A blueberry muffin and a cuppa tea is the perfect Friday evening supper when all the kids are tucked up in bed. But I have to be careful not to scoff the lot before Saturday morning mayhem starts in earnest.

Perhaps I should skip that Friday muffin supper, and just go pack everyone’s kit bags for the morning.  Kit bags or a warm, fluffy muffin.  Which would you pick?

The muffin wins every time for me, because let’s face it, Saturday would not be the same without a little chaos as you munch on a muffin.

 

Printable Recipe for Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins Using American Cup Measurements:

 

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Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Yield: 12

Serving Size: 1 muffin

Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins

Light and fluffy and full of juicy blueberries these blueberry muffins with banana and oatmeal are the perfect start for busy mornings.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups of all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons of baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon of baking soda
  • 1/2 cup of brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup of porridge oats
  • 2 ripe bananas (mashed)
  • 1 and 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 ounces butter
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar (for topping)
  • 2 tablespoons porridge oats (for topping)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350° Fahrenheit. Line a 12-hole muffin tray with paper baking cases.
  2. Sift the flour, baking soda and baking powder into a large mixing bowl.
  3. Add the sugar and the oats and mix well together.
  4. In a separate bowl whisk the eggs and buttermilk together.
  5. Then add the melted butter.
  6. Mash the bananas and mix through the eggs and buttermilk.
  7. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Pour in the wet ingredients and stir together gently to form a loose batter. Do not overmix.
  8. Add the blueberries and mix through the batter gently.
  9. Divide the batter between the 12 lined muffin cases. Use all of the batter. Each muffin hole will be fairly full.
  10. Mix the brown sugar and oatmeal for the topping. Sprinkle on top of each muffin.
  11. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 18 to 20 minutes, until the muffins rise and are a golden brown color.
  12. Cool for 5 minutes in the tray before transferring to a wire tray to cool completely.
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Printable Recipe for Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins Using Metric / Imperial Measurements:

Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins

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Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins
Serves12
Prep time20 minutes
Cook time20 minutes
Total time40 minutes
Allergy Egg, Milk, Wheat
Meal type Breakfast, Snack
Misc Child Friendly
Blueberry muffins with banana and oatmeal mixed through are a satisfying, on-the-go breakfast for busy mornings.

Ingredients

  • 300g plain flour (12 ounces)
  • 1 and 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (level teaspoon)
  • 100g brown sugar (4 ounces)
  • 50g porridge oats (2 ounces)
  • 2 ripe bananas (mashed)
  • 200g fresh blueberries (6 ounces)
  • 125ml buttermilk (5 fluid ounces)
  • 2 Large eggs
  • 50g butter (2 ounces)

Topping

  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons porridge oats

Directions

Step 1Preheat the oven to 180° Celsius. Line a 12-hole muffin tray with paper baking cases.
Step 2Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder into a large mixing bowl. Add the sugar and the oats and mix well together.
Step 3In a separate bowl whisk the eggs and buttermilk together. Then add the melted butter.
Step 4Mash the bananas and mix through the eggs and buttermilk.
Step 5Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Pour in the wet ingredients and stir together gently to form a loose batter. Do not overmix.
Step 6Add the blueberries and mix through the batter gently.
Step 7Divide the batter between the 12 lined muffin cases. Use all of the batter. Each muffin hole will be fairly full.
Step 8Mix the brown sugar and oatmeal for the topping. Sprinkle on top of each muffin.
Step 9Bake in the pre-heated oven for 18 to 20 minutes, until the muffins rise and are a golden brown color.
Step 10Cool for 5 minutes in the tray before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Wishing you all happy muffin baking and munching.

 

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Comments

  1. Irishnannie says

    April 30, 2016 at 4:22 pm

    Fun recipe and your pics & details are great!

    Reply
    • Irish American Mom says

      April 30, 2016 at 4:38 pm

      Hi Irishannie – Glad you like the step-by-step details. My recipes take a while to put together, but lots of readers have requested I continue to add photos of each stage of my recipes. So even thought these posts end up quite long, I’m going to stick to all the details.
      Best wishes and enjoy your weekend.
      Mairéad

      Reply
  2. Marypat Bowen says

    May 1, 2016 at 5:07 pm

    Irish American Mom…great recipe. Thanks. I was wondering if I could omit the banana because my family doesn’t like the flame….hmmm what do ye think?
    Bless ye, mp

    Reply
    • Irish American Mom says

      May 1, 2016 at 5:47 pm

      Hi Marypat – I’m sure you can omit the banana but you will need to increase the amount of buttermilk slightly or else substitute some apple sauce so that you have the right proportion of wet to dry ingredients. Hope your family like these muffins.
      Best wishes,
      Mairéad

      Reply
  3. Howard Lumsden says

    May 1, 2016 at 5:42 pm

    I am going to try to make these wonderful muffins

    Reply
    • Irish American Mom says

      May 1, 2016 at 5:48 pm

      Hi Howard – I hope you like these muffins. I find the brown sugar rather than white sugar adds an extra depth of flavor.
      Happy baking!
      Mairéad

      Reply
  4. Mary Frances Humphrey says

    May 4, 2016 at 11:22 am

    Yum…going to try these this weekend!

    Reply
    • Irish American Mom says

      May 4, 2016 at 3:18 pm

      I hope you enjoy these muffins, Mary. Happy baking this weekend.
      All the best,
      Mairéad

      Reply
  5. Shawn Cline says

    December 31, 2016 at 1:43 pm

    Just made this! Yum! I didn’t fo topping. Skipped butter and added an extra ripe banana and 1/3 cup wheat germ. I soaked the oats in the buttermilk, then added the eggs and banana. Mixed all dry ingredients, and followed directions from there.

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    • Irish American Mom says

      December 31, 2016 at 2:30 pm

      Hi Shawn – I’m delighted to hear these muffins turned out well for you. Thanks for sharing your tips for making them a little more healthy. Soaking the oats in the buttermilk is a great idea.
      Best wishes, and thanks for stopping by.
      Happy New Year!
      Mairéad

      Reply

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