Paleo Banana Nut Muffins

These Paleo Banana Nut Muffins are the perfect start to a chilly fall morning - and a huge favorite with my small children! Thankfully, with just 8 ingredients, they're also a snap to make!

Originally published March 2019. Updated Sept. 2021.

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With the first cool mornings of late August, it never fails - muffin fever strikes our house. I don't do a lot of breakfast baking over the summer, so by the time pumpkins are fattening, and leaves are thinking about turning, we are ready for ALL the muffins! Banana, zucchini, pumpkin, cranberry...you name it!

While I have favorite recipes for almost every different kind of muffin we enjoy, until now, I've been settling for a paleo banana muffin recipe that somehow always managed to be too damp and too dry...flavorful, but just not quite fabulous.

I decided this is the year I'd just have to tinker until I came up with a recipe our whole family just loves. And kids - I think we have it. Thankfully, it's actually a super simple recipe - just 8 ingredients. I'm in a stage of life where simple is a virtue and a necessity. If something has more than 10 ingredients, this mama just keeps flipping. Anyone with me?

It does call for flax seed meal, which I know a few of my readers are super allergic to. Feel free to substitute extra almond flour for that flax meal - it works just fine. The flax gives these muffins a hearty texture and a nice crumb that I really love, but it's still a great muffin even without the flax.

We've been making these quite often, and right now they're the kids' favorite. Some days, I think my 2 year old could polish off a whole batch on his own! My 4 year old loves them so much she asked if she could take "delicious muffin" pictures for this post...she took the one above, and was super proud. Those muffins did NOT last long after the pictures were taken! ; )

I hope your family loves them as much as ours does!

Happy baking!