These muffins are like small banana breads with a crunchy pecan-cinnamon topping. They are moist, not heavy and a delicious way to start your day.
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Key Ingredients in This Recipe

You’ll find the complete list of ingredients and exact quantities in the recipe below.
- All-purpose flour
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Brown sugar
- Sour cream
- Butter
- Egg
- Ripe bananas
- Topping: pecan, honey and cinnamon on top for the crunch.

How to Make Moist Banana Pecan Muffins
- Step 1 – Make 4 separate mixtures:
- Flour, salt and baking soda
- Sugar, sour cream and butter
- Mashed bananas and egg
- Pecans, honey and cinnamon
- Step 2 – Make a batter of the flour mixture, sugar mixture and banana mixture and divide that over a 6 muffin tin.
- Step 3 – Sprinkle each muffin with the pecan mixture and place the muffin tin in the oven.

- Step 4 – Bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Variation in baking time may depend on your oven.
Don’t they look delicious? Let’s have a bite.

Moist Banana Pecan Muffins
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- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons sour cream
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1 egg, large
- 2 bananas, large, ripe and mashed
- 1/2 cup pecans, toasted, chopped
- 1/2 tablespoon honey
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and line a 6-count muffin pan with cupcake liners or half a 12-count muffin pan. Set aside
- Mix flour, baking soda and salt.
- In another bowl mix dark brown sugar, sour cream and butter and beat until light and fluffy. Add the egg and blend.
- Add flour mixture and mix until combined, then add mashed bananas and mix again until combined again.
- Mix pecans, honey and cinnamon and set aside.
- Divide muffin mixture over muffin liners and sprinkle with pecan/honey/cinnamon mixture.
- Place muffin pan in oven and bake 20-25 minutes.
- Allow muffins to cool and enjoy.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
