Combine warm spices with sweet bananas and you've got these soft and fluffy Gingerbread Banana Muffins! They have a buttery streusel sprinkled on top before. These are perfect for the holiday season!
Preheat the oven to 375℉. Line 2 muffin liners with 16 liners and set aside.
For the streusel
In a small bowl, make the streusel. Combine flour, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, white sugar, brown sugar, and cold cut up butter. Using your hands, mix it together until combined into a crumbly, streusel mixture. Set aside while you make the muffin batter.
3/4 cups all-purpose flour, 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/4 cup dark brown sugar, 6 tbsp butter, 1/4 tsp cinnamon, 1/8 tsp cloves, 1/8 tsp ginger
For the muffins
In a large bowl, add in flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, allspice, salt, cornstarch, baking powder, and baking soda. Using a spatula, mix until just completely combined. Set aside
In another large bowl, whisk mashed bananas, oil, eggs, vanilla, sour cream, molasses, and brown sugar. Whisk until well combined. There may be lumps from the bananas but that is okay.
1 1/4 cups bananas, 1 cup dark brown sugar, 1/2 cup oil, 3 eggs, 1/2 cup full fat sour cream, 1/4 cup molasses*, 1 tbsp vanilla
Combine the dry with the wet and using a spatula, gently fold until it's just combined and no flour streaks appear. Don't over-mix!
Evenly divide the batter between 16 liners, they should be almost or all the way full. Using a cookie scooper helps big time to minimize the mess. Sprinkle a handful of streusel on top of each muffin
Bake the muffins at 375°F for 15-17 minutes. The muffins are ready when a toothpick inserted comes out dry with no wet batter.
These muffins stay fresh covered at room temperature for a few days, or in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 1 week!
Notes
*I used fancy molasses, avoid black striped molasses as it’s to strong.