Turn sourdough discard into delicious banana bread inspired muffins. They are soft and delicious. Start your day off right with some sourdough banana bread muffins.
Adding sourdough discard to your muffins is a great way to add nutrients and flavor to the final product. But this recipe is still quick and easy, making it a perfect breakfast or snack option.
By now it’s no surprise that sourdough muffins are my jam. Bertha (my sourdough starter) and I love to make muffins together. We do a pretty darn good job too, if I do say so myself.
She just loves to get a taste of a bit of sugar and I love having a quick and easy breakfast waiting for Little Dude. We have two or three kinds of muffins in the freezer at any given time. So he just picks one, we warm it up and breakfast is ready.
With some muffin recipes, having them regularly might not be such a good idea. But most of my muffins use oatmeal, whole wheat flour, sourdough starter, yogurt and as little sugar as I can get away with but still have them taste like the delicious muffin you expect.
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This muffin recipe takes it even one step further. These are muffins that you can feel pretty darn good about and still feel like you are giving yourself a treat. Go ahead and try one. Heck, enjoy it!
They are a great way to use overripe bananas or extra sourdough starter. Plus, they come together really quick and easily.
Sourdough Banana Bread Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 4 overripe bananas mashed
- 1 cup sourdough discard or unfed starter fresh from the fridge
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup white whole wheat flour or more all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup coconut oil melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F and grease muffin tins.
- In a large mixing bowl, stir together 1 cup granulated sugar, 1 large egg, 4 overripe bananas and 1 cup sourdough discard.
- In a separate bowl, mix together 1 cup all purpose flour, 1 cup white whole wheat flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and ½ teaspoon baking soda.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, stirring until just mixed.
- Stir in ½ cup coconut oil and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
- Scoop into prepared muffin tins.
- Bake 12-18 minutes, or until a toothpick tests clean.
- Remove from muffin tins and cool on a wire rack.
Notes
- You can use melted butter or your favorite neutral oil in place of the melted coconut oil.
- You can also use more all-purpose flour in place of the whole wheat flour if you prefer.
- Store muffins in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-4 days. Freeze for longer storage.
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Thanks for the recipe! My hubby made them and they loved them. I'm allergic to bananas �� But they smelled amazing! I am making them for family friends next-that's when you really know it's a great recipe!
I have never heard of making banana bread muffins with sourdough. Sounds very tasty! Thanks for sharing.
It is delicious! I have been really into making sourdough muffins lately. I like to use a lot of whole wheat flour in my baked goods and I feel like the sourdough helps keep them from feeling too dense and gives them that extra boost.
I could go for an entire summer of 70 degrees! What a treat that would be!
These muffins sound fabulous. I really must try these.
Doesn't a stretch of 70s sound great? Especially as it is in the mid-90s here today and humid as all get-out!
It sounds like LD (and mommy) are living the good life! We're right with you on the sweltering heat with the insane humidity. So far, we've been spared but I know it's coming! These look lovely, and perfect for a quick breakfast. I know a few kids around here who covet a good banana bread. I'll be giving them a try!
We do have it pretty good! We have not been spared with heat and humidity though, it's supposed to hit 96 today and we had a tiny storm this morning. Not quite enough rain to water the garden, just enough to push the humidity to one million and ten percent! 😉
Hi Carlee!! These look so good.
Thank you! They are a great way to use some starter and LD has been loving getting one out of the freezer each morning!
Thanks for sharing as I collect new and different ways to use my sourdough starter. I bet these are delicious muffins 🙂
I love trying new recipes using my starter too! These muffins are really good and I have a few on here that use oatmeal and starter that are super amazing also!
What a great recipe Carlee – it's perfect to keep a starter going, too! I feel the same way about our weather, I swear!!
Thanks for sharing this with us at Throwback Thursday this week!
Mollie
I hate throwing away starter when I feed it, so I love quick recipes like this where I can use it instead!
Just baked a batch. They are great! Any chance you will come up with a banana nut oatmeal muffin? How about a peanut butter and jelly one? I love your sourdough muffin recipes.
I doubt the nut one will happen as I am the only one here that eats them! But I already have another sourdough banana muffin recipe to post. It uses applesauce too. I have an idea I can't wait to try as soon as these are gone!
You may have exaggerated the weather around here just a little bit. We get at least two nice days in the spring and fall 🙂 We sure did have a good time with MawMaw and PawPaw.
Sometimes we get two nice days… sometimes. I want a whole string of them in a row where you don't need air conditioning or the heater. Is that too much to ask?! We did have a lot of fun crammed into a few short days, that is for sure!
Absolutely loved the slideshow of maw maw and paw paw's visit! Looks like you guys did so many fun things and that heart cake is precious! And talk about yummy…. sourdough and banana in the same recipe, oh yeah!
It was an action packed visit for sure! We had a lot of fun. LD has been loving these muffins and they are a great way to use some starter when it needs refreshed.