Nutella Swirl Banana Muffins
Banana muffins elevated with a Nutella swirl and a surprise Nutella centre.
Servings: 12 muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup oats (I used quick-cooking, but old fashioned are fine too)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup very ripe banana, mashed
- ⅓ cup coconut oil (any neutral oil or melted butter will work too)
- ⅓ cup honey or maple syrup
- 2 eggs, room temperature*
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon real vanilla extract
- ½ cup Nutella
- chocolate chips, for sprinkling on top
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease or line a 12 cup muffin tin.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flours, oats, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together oil and honey or maple syrup. Add the mashed banana, eggs, milk, and vanilla and whisk together.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the bowl of dry ingredients and fold together, stirring gently until no more flour is visible and ingredients are just combined.
- Fill muffin tins half full (a cookie scoop is really handy here). Using two spoons, drop about 1 teaspoon of Nutella in the centre of the batter in each tin. Top up the muffin tins with the remaining batter, covering up the Nutella centre. Warm ¼ cup of Nutella in the microwave for 30 seconds, or just enough to thin it out a bit. Drop or drizzle about ½-1 teaspoon of Nutella on the tops of the muffins. Using a knife or a toothpick, swirl it into the top layer of batter but try not to disrupt the Nutella centre. Don't worry if it doesn't look perfectly swirled. Sprinkle a few chocolate chips on the tops, if desired.
- Bake muffins for 22-24 minutes or until your finger can gently press the tops without leaving an indent (test where there is just batter and not Nutella). Let muffins cool for 5 minutes in the pan, then remove and let cool completely on wire racks.
Notes
- Very ripe bananas as always are crucial to give these muffins the sweetness and banana flavour that they need to be delicious. The browner, the better!
- Room temperature ingredients, especially eggs, are ideal for baking. It allows the ingredients to mix together better, however it's not the end of the world if you use cold eggs. To quickly bring eggs to room temperature (or at least warm them a little bit) place the eggs in a bowl of lukewarm water while you prepare your other ingredients.