The Best Banana Muffins (with Self-Rising Flour!)

Moist, delicious, and a great use for those brown spotty bananas, these Banana Muffins with Self-Rising Flour will be your new go to recipe! They are full of chocolate chips and great for a make ahead breakfast!

If you love these muffins, be sure to try blueberry muffins with self rising flour too!

If you have some leftover bananas that are starting to turn brown and spotty on your counter, this recipe is for you! All you need is 8 simple ingredients you probably already have in your house, and in no time at all you'll have delicious, homemade muffins in no time! Make a big batch on the weekends and enjoy them for breakfast or a quick snack through the week!

Self Rising Flour has become a new staple in my pantry! You can make pancakes with self-rising flour, 2 ingredient cream biscuits, waffles with self-rising flour, 3-ingredient dinner rolls, chocolate chip cookies with self-rising flour, and even banana bread with self-rising flour!

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• Why You'll Love These Banana Muffins with Self-Rising Flour
• Can You Use Self Rising Flour For Muffins?
• Ingredients You'll Need
• Different Types of Flour
• How To Make Banana Muffins with Self-Rising Flour
• The Best Bananas To Use
• Tips and Tricks
• Variations
• Banana Muffins with Self-Rising Flour Storage Tips
• Frequently Asked Questions
• More Banana Recipes
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Why You'll Love These Banana Muffins with Self-Rising Flour

• No need for leavening agents! No baking powder or baking soda on hand? Use self-rising flour! It cuts down on the ingredients necessary and is simple to swap out in recipes!
• It's loaded with chocolate chips! The chocoholic in me is always so happy about recipes with tons of chocolate chips.
• Gives your old bananas a great use! We all have those bananas around that no one wants to eat. Why not make them into a delicious, chocolate filled muffins?

Can You Use Self Rising Flour For Muffins?

Yes! Self rising flour is perfect for muffins! The baking powder is already in the flour, so you don't have to add any leavening agents to the batter. If you want muffins but don't have baking powder or baking soda on hand, these muffins are for you! You can use it to make muffins but you can also use it to make zucchini bread with self rising flour!

Self rising flour vs all purpose flour can be confusing, but in this recipe, you need to use self rising flour. All purpose flour will not work in this muffin recipe.

Ingredients You'll Need

• Bananas. You'll want 3 spotty, brown bananas. Not too yellow or they won't be sweet enough, and too black they will have gone bad.
• Sugar. Regular white sugar, but brown sugar or coconut sugar would work too. Even maple syrup would be great!
• Eggs. To hold the muffins together.
• Butter. Melted butter or a neutral oil like vegetable oil or coconut oil.
• Cinnamon. For a little extra flavor.
• Milk. To make the muffins nice and moist.
• Self Rising Flour. All purpose flour will not work, you need self-rising flour for this recipe. You can make your own homemade self rising flour or store bought flour.
• Chocolate Chips. Semi-sweet chocolate chips or dark chocolate chips would work.

Different Types of Flour

Self-rising flour is all purpose flour that has baking powder and a small pinch of salt already in it. Classic southern recipes usually use self-rising flour instead of plain flour. Even though some people may think it is self-raising flour, it is actually self-rising flour. I love making pancakes with self-rising flour!

King Arthur is my favorite variety of self-rising flour. If you don't have a bag of it in your pantry, you can make your own self-rising flour really easily!

Cake Flour is used to make cakes. It is a finer flour so the cakes stay nice and light and airy. It usually has a lower protein content as well so cakes don't get tough.

Bread flour is used to make breads like sourdough bread. It has a higher protein content which helps develop the gluten in bread. Bread flour is also made from a harder grain, so it holds up better to making bread and the kneading process.

How To Make Banana Muffins with Self-Rising Flour

Set the baking time to 20 minutes or until a toothpick is inserted and comes out clean.

Allow the muffins to cool slightly on a wire rack and serve.

The Best Bananas To Use

We all buy that bunch of bananas, and there are inevitably two or three left over that get too soft and brown to eat. I know my kids refuse to eat them unless they are perfectly yellow. A little brown and forget it!

To make banana muffins though, those bananas are perfect! Brown, spotty, and a little mushy have the perfect amount of sweetness and are easily mashed, to make the most delicious banana muffins.

Tips and Tricks

• The muffins are done when a toothpick is inserted into the center of the muffin and comes out clean.
• An ice cream scoop is a helpful tool to use to make sure the batter is equally divided among the muffin tins. A ¼ cup measuring cup can also be used if you don't have an ice cream scoop handy.
• Allow the muffins to cool on a wire rack before serving. If they are served to hot, they may stick to the wrapper.
• A cupcake wrapper ensures that the muffins will easily come out from the pan. You can use silicone wrappers or paper liners for these muffins.

Variations

• Add a streusel topping! There's nothing a streusel topping can't make more delicious! This streusel topping on my cinnamon streusel banana bread is so good!
• Add peanut butter! Instead of chocolate chips, swirl in your favorite peanut butter or add peanut butter chips!
• Add Nutella! Just like peanut butter, Nutella and bananas is a classic combination!
• Make them mini! Pour the batter into mini muffin tins for smaller version of these easy banana muffins!

Banana Muffins with Self-Rising Flour Storage Tips

Once the muffins have cooled to room temperature, place them in an airtight container or a Ziploc bag. Keep them on the counter for 4-5 days. Do not place these muffins in the refrigerator. They will go stale quickly in the refrigerator.

You can also freeze these delicious banana muffins! Once they are at room temperature, place them in a freezer friendly container or a gallon Ziploc bag. Freeze them for up to 3 months. You can take them out of the freezer and place them on the counter when you are ready to defrost them.

Frequently Asked Questions

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