Banana and Oat Muffins
Uses the bananas nobody will eat and fills a fortnight of snack breaks.
Ingredients
- Bananas400 g
- Self-raising flour200 g
- Rolled oats120 g
- Free range eggs2 ea
- Milk150 ml
- Honey80 g
- Vegetable oil60 ml
Method
- Heat the oven to 180C and line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases.
- Mash the bananas well in a large bowl — the browner they are, the sweeter the muffins.
- Beat in the eggs, milk, honey and oil until smooth.
- Fold in the flour and oats with a light hand and stop as soon as the flour disappears; overmixing makes them tough.
- Divide between the cases and bake for 20-22 minutes until springy in the middle.
- Cool completely on a rack before freezing them individually — one straight into the lunchbox thaws by recess.
Cooking for a different diet?
Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Vegan
- 20 g Ground flaxseed instead of Free range eggs
- 150 ml Oat milk instead of Milk
- 80 g Maple syrup instead of Honey
Stir the flaxseed into 90 ml water and let it thicken for 5 minutes before beating it in with the milk and syrup; bake for the same 20–22 minutes.
Gluten-free
- 200 g Gluten-free self-raising flour instead of Self-raising flour
- 120 g Gluten-free rolled oats instead of Rolled oats
Rest the batter for 10 minutes before filling the cases so the gluten-free flour hydrates; bake for the same time.
Dairy-free
- 150 ml Oat milk instead of Milk
Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.
What it costs, and where to buy it
Shops to compare
List price at each shop
Has every item
Pak'nSaveBest choiceno items missing · $6.57 of food
$25.59
74% spare
Woolworths NZno items missing · $9.15 of food · $2.58 more
$31.64
71% spare
Missing items
These totals leave part of the list out, so a lower one isn't a cheaper shop.
New World· $6.83 of food
$21.25
68% spare
No price at New World for:
- Vegetable oil
$0.55a serve
$0.55 a serve, cheapest at Pak'nSave
About $6.57 of ingredients used for 12 serves.
$27.43 across 3 shops · all 7 items priced · $4.09 more for bigger packs, 81% spare for later
Pak'nSaveBest choice$6.57
no items missing
you'll pay $25.59 · 74% of it spare
Woolworths NZ$9.15
no items missing · $2.58 more
you'll pay $31.64 · 71% of it spare
New World$6.83
missing 1 item
you'll pay $21.25 · 68% of it spare
Buy at Woolworths NZ$12.36
Milk
$2.26
need 150 mlWoolworths milk standard uht 1 Lclosest match
Woolworths NZ$2.26·Pak'nSave$6.76/L$1.69·New World$7.16/L$1.79
Vegetable oil
$3.10
need 60 mlWoolworths vegetable oil 750 ml
Woolworths NZ$3.10·Pak'nSave$0.54/100ml$2.69·New WorldN/A
Buy at Pak'nSave$12.67
Bananas
$3.59/kg
need 400 gBananas 1 kg$3.59
Pak'nSave$3.59/kg$3.59·New World$3.79/kg$3.79·Woolworths NZ$3.99
Rolled oats
$0.31/100g
need 120 gPams Rolled Oats 750 g$2.29
Pak'nSave$0.31/100g$2.29·New World$0.33/100g$2.49·Woolworths NZ$5.40
Honey
$1.36/100g
need 80 gPams Value Creamed Clover Blend Honey 500 g$6.79closest match
Pak'nSave$1.36/100g$6.79·Woolworths NZ$5.59·New World$2.28/100g$5.69
Buy at New World$2.40
Self-raising flour
$0.16/100g
need 200 gPams Self Raising Flour 100g 1.5 kg$2.40
New World$0.16/100g$2.40·Pak'nSave$0.17/100g$2.55·Woolworths NZ$4.30