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3 Ingredient Banana Muffins (Plus How to Make Ripe Bananas in the Air Fryer)

Name: 3 Ingredient Banana Muffins (Plus How to Make Ripe Bananas in the Air Fryer)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 43 min
Ingredients: 3-4 Very ripe bananas; 1 Box Yellow cake mix; 2 Large Eggs

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Super quick and easy 3 ingredient banana muffins that you can make in the air fryer. Not to mention, completely delicious!

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Sometimes a good banana muffin recipe can be hard to find, but let me tell you, this is the only one you will need from now on. This 3 ingredient banana muffins recipe is perfect; you don’t have to measure anything and can use up your ripe bananas.

However, if you are craving banana muffins or bread and don’t have ripe bananas, don’t worry, we have you covered! There are also easy instructions on how to ripen your bananas in the air fryer in less than 10 minutes.

Ingredients and Supplies Needed

Ingredients:

Very ripe bananas
Yellow cake mix
Large eggs

Supplies:

Air fryer
Large mixing bowl
Wooden spoon
Muffin liners

Since for this recipe you are using the air fryer, I would definitely suggest taking a look at the Cosori 5.8QT air fryer if you don’t already have one they are great! You can also use silicone muffin cups instead of paper for this recipe too plus they are super cute and reusable!

Make Easy Changes

You can leave these delicious muffins as is, or you can jazz them up even more. While I would suggest sticking with the 3 core ingredients, but you can add other ingredients to them!

Chocolate chips
Peanut butter chips
Butterscotch chips
Chopped walnuts
Caramel bits
Ground cinnamon

Why Do the Bananas Need to Be Very Ripe?

When you work with super ripe bananas, they break down a lot easier and will mix perfectly into the cake mix to make sure that you will get that wonderful banana flavor in every bit!

Plus, you really don’t want to take a bit and get a chunk of baked banana that did not get mixed in well enough into the dough.

Are the Eggs Necessary?

The eggs provide a lot of added flavor to this banana muffin recipe as well as turn this recipe into a wonderfully moist muffin. So yes, I would definitely say that eggs play a vital role in this banana muffin recipe and would not try to skip them.

How to Make Ripe Bananas in the Air Fryer:

Step 1: Place the bananas in the air fryer basket

Step 2: Turn the air fryer on to 300F or 150C for 8 minutes (more or less depending on the ripeness of your bananas so be sure to keep an eye on them).

Step 3: Let the bananas cool down completely.

How to Make Banana Muffins in the Air Fryer:

Step 1: Make up the Banana Muffin Mix

Start by mashing up the bananas and try to measure out about 1 ½ cups of the mashed bananas.

Then place the mashed bananas, cake mix, and eggs in a large bowl and mix it all together.

After the batter is made up, place a few liners in the air fryer basket and carefully scoop the batter into them, filling them about ⅔ of the way full.

Step 2: Bake the Muffins

Once the muffin liners have been filled, return the air fryer basket to the air fryer, and then turn it on to 330F or 165C for 10-13 minutes or until the internal temperature of the muffins are 200F or 93C.

You can fit about 10-12 muffins (quite snuggly) in the air fryer but they won’t be a perfect round muffin (if that is important I would fill the air fryer less and do multiple baking times).

After about 10 minutes the muffins on the outside were more done so I remove those and let the rest continue cooking for another 2-3 minutes. Just keep an eye on them since you won’t want dry muffins.

Then just carefully remove the muffins and enjoy!

Optional: Make Banana Bread in the Air Fryer

If you want to turn these muffins into traditional banana bread, then with the batter use a small loaf pan (find one that will fit in your air fryer about 7 in by 3.5 in) and fill the pan about ⅔ full.

Then place the pan in the air fryer at 330F or 165C and let it cook for 15 minutes. It will probably need more time than that.

If you are worried about the top burning, cover the bread with some foil and cook for 4-5 minutes at 350F or 175C, or until the bread reaches an internal temperature of 200F or 93C. Then just let it cool for 10 minutes before removing it from the pan and letting it cool completely.

Use Your Air Fryer to Bake More!

The air fryer is such a great invention! The things you can make and bake in it are probably endless.

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Final Thoughts

I feel like banana muffins and bread are an all-year recipe that is great to have, especially if it can be made in the air fryer! Sometimes I will have the best of intentions to make banana bread but a recipe with lots of ingredients seems like too much work sometimes. But, now with this 3 ingredient recipe, making banana muffins is easier than ever!

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