Whole-Grain Banana Yogurt Muffins

I omitted the honey because I was reading off my phone and missed it. But they were very good, and sweet enough without it. Nice texture, good flavor, freeze nicely. I'm going to add a note that up to 1/4c honey is optional, and I'm going to make this my "go to" muffin recipe.

Excellent recipe. Endlessly adaptable. You can easily reduce the sweetener by half. I rarely add the honey and cut the sugar by 1/3-1/2. Adding lemon, coconut and blueberries is delicious but adding frozen raspberries is my house’s favourite variation.

In an attempt to make these super healthy, I used 1/3 c applesauce in place of the 1/4 c oil and skipped the honey. I also used Greek yogurt as I couldn’t find regular yogurt at my grocery store, and it worked great. A fun recipe to play with. The second time around I used just one banana and a cup or so of berries that were slightly past their prime. Delicious.

I keep coming back to this recipe again and again. I usually sub maple syrup for honey.

Used pumpkin in place of bananas. Light, soft and perfect muffin texture. Adding this to the "staples" recipe box.

I used white flour instead of whole wheat because I was out of it and added a 1/4 c of oatmeal and these turned out light and delicious!

I cut the sugar down to 1/4 cup, used maple syrup instead of honey at the suggestion of another reviewer, and used 1/2 cup whole wheat, 1/2 cup spelt, and 1/4 cup oat flour, because everything I've ever made with 100% whole wheat has turned out heavy. And I added chocolate chips to the batter, instead of a healthy topping. The texture is great - not heavy - and they feel indulgent with no white flour. Good banana taste with only 2 bananas. Definitely my new go-to for over-ripe bananas.

Made this exactly as written, but with scant measures of the sweeteners. It was plenty sweet and much more delicious than we anticipated. The aroma as it bakes is alarmingly delightful - we weren't expecting to be seduced by this one. We actually prefer it to regular banana bread! The whole wheat gives an almost bran-like toothsome-ness, but the crumb is still tender and soft. Don't skip the toppings - walnuts worked especially nicely. This is health-conscious baking at its finest.

Recognizing the suggestions to use applesauce instead of oil, I just made a quick apple/pear compote on the stove, and used that + <1T olive oil. Also half oat flour and less sugar and no honey = the delicious, puffy muffins everyone is mentioning here. Made 24 small bite-sized ones, removed from the oven when they smelled done. Nice school snacks. A very good basic recipe to move around in (oh yes, I also added a spot of turmeric). But the yoghurt is the trick. and ingredient proportions.

I didn't have whole wheat flour so I substituted white wheat flour. Based on other comments, I left out the honey for a less sweet muffin. We love the results.

I substituted the brown sugar for more honey. Meaning instead of using sugar, I used 3/4 cups of honey, and boy were they sweet! Next time I would use half that amount. I think part of the problem is that bananas are naturally very sweet, so the honey just piles on to that.

My new favorite and will definitely be my go-to for banana bread now! I omitted the honey and they were perfectly sweet. One batch I used sour cream and the second batch I used the yogurt but couldn’t tell any difference. I used walnuts and coconut on top and they were both delicious!!! Oh, and I didn’t even adjust for altitude and they were still perfect. Win!

I agree! I didn't happen to read the comments first, but when I was putting the ingredients together, I thought "these are going to be pretty sweet with this much brown sugar plus the honey..." As it turns out, I think the honey doesn't really add anything to the flavor, and the muffins would be more flavorful with less sweetness. Thanks!

1/3 c brown sugar, skipped the honey.

Delightfully soft and lovely muffins. Banana doesn't agree with me so I switched out banana for pumpkin puree. I didn't change any of the other ingredients and found them the perfect amount of sweet.