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It’s possible that muffins can be both delicious and healthy and these banana oatmeal muffins prove it. Learn how to make them the easy way with this recipe.

Healthy Banana Oat Muffins
My kids love these healthy banana oatmeal muffins: it’s a banana version of my baked oatmeal muffins, and they taste so good that I also developed a version with cottage cheese. They are light and moist without using butter or oil, and the batter comes together in the blender, so cleanup is a breeze.
Ingredients
This recipe is made with classic baking staples: ripe bananas (the darker they look, the sweeter they are!), old-fashioned oats, plain Greek yogurt, eggs, honey (or sugar), and baking powder and baking soda for a fluffy muffin texture.
How to Make Banana Oat Muffins
On the recipe card, you can find a video to cook these muffins with me. But first, some tips in each step to make this even easier:
- Preheat the oven.
Start with this, since it’s what takes the longest. Put the oven rack in the middle position and use waxed paper liners, foil liners, or grease the pan very well. - Make the muffin batter.
When adding the ingredients in the blender, add them in the order listed, so it's easier to get a cohesive and smooth batter. Fill the muffin tin nearly to the top, they'll expand. - Bake the muffins.
They take approximately 20 minutes to bake. You'll know they're done when a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Mix Ins
Bake these banana oatmeal muffins plain or add one or two of these to satisfy your cravings: mini chocolate chips, raisins, blueberries, raspberries, chopped strawberries, chopped walnuts or pecans, or slivered almonds.
Can You Freeze Banana Oatmeal Muffins?
Since these come together so quickly, it’s easy to double the batch and freeze the muffins for later. These banana oat muffins can be frozen before and after baking for up to 3 months.
Freeze baked muffins and heat them up in the microwave for 45 seconds to 1 minute.
Freeze unbaked muffins directly in the pan inside paper liners. Once frozen, transfer them into a zip bag. To bake, place them back in a muffin pan, let them thaw out while the oven preheats, and add about 3 minutes to the total baking time.

Healthy Banana Oat Muffins

Watch how it’s made:
Ingredients
- 2 large ripe bananas
- 2 ½ cups old-fashioned oats
- 1 cup plain low-fat Greek yogurt
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup honey, or sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
Prep:
- Preheat oven to 400F. Line a muffin pan with waxed paper or foil liners or, grease it so the muffins don't stick.
Make the batter:
- Inside a blender, place banana, oats, yogurt, eggs, honey, baking powder, and baking soda. Blend until smooth.
Bake:
- Divide batter among cupcake liners, and bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.







Hailed says
I just made these and they taste very good BUT they do NOT look the same as the picture 🙁 mine flattened out as soon as I pulled them out of the oven. My kids didn’t like the look of them so it was hard to get them to try them. I followed the recipe as it was I only added 2t of chia seeds could that have caused the problem?
Andria Hanski says
I made these last Sunday to have during the school week and they were gobbled up in a day and a half! My daughter is asking for pumpkin muffins. Can I sub pumpkin puree for bananas? Would 1/2 cup of pumpkin work? Can’t beat how easy these are to make. Thanks so much 🙂
Lucy Windevoxhel says
Hi Laura! can these be frozen?
Lucy Windevoxhel says
I mean..Heather. That picture of Laura is deceiving 🙂
Laura says
what is deceiving about my photo Lucy?
Lucy Windevoxhel says
My daughter beginning kindergarten is driving me crazy. We spent the morning looking at your recipes, choosing lunches for her first week of school, we made this recipe for breakfast today, but I made half regular muffin size and the other half as 12 mini muffins for snacks/lunch treats etc.
Laura says
Yes Lucy. You can freeze them either unbaked frozen in cupcake liners or baked. Just thaw, warm a little and serve. Or bake, and add 3ish minutes to baking time.
Lucy Windevoxhel says
OK, so I already made them so they are baked. For breakfast I can warm them up..no biggie..how about if I want to put them in my daughter’s lunchbox? I made some mini muffins and I’d like to freeze them and put them in her lunchbox..just not sure how it will work out.
Thanks…again 🙂
Reema says
Hi!
I am dying to freeze muffins for easy breakfasts. Can I ask a few clarifying questions?
1. How do you thaw them? Do you put it in the fridge the night before? What do you do the morning of to unfreeze? How do you warm it?
2. If you freeze them unbaked, you mean instead of 15-20 minutes, you bake 18-23 minutes?
Sorry for such obvious questions…I am learning in the kitchen!
Thank you so much! Your website is amazing!
Reema
Laura says
Reema, if you freeze the muffins already cooked, you take them out and warm them in the oven or microwave the morning of. Or, you can take them out into the fridge the night before.
If you freeze them unbaked, I typically add about 3-4 minutes to the cooking time. Thanks so much Reema! I love having you in our community.
Amy says
Could you use applesauce rather than bananas??
Laura says
yes. remove the 2 bananas, add 1/2 cup apple sauce and 1 additional egg.
Mary Parra says
I made these today and they are already gone! We loved them!!! My 7-year-old son who has to be gluten free did most of the baking – it’s that easy!!!! Thanks so much!
Laura says
Awesome Mary!!