Some days you don't want to make a whole batch of anything, you just want one warm muffin, right now. This is that muffin, one banana and a handful of pantry staples in a mug, ready in under ten minutes start to finish.
It comes out soft and banana-forward, closer to banana bread than a bakery muffin, which is exactly what makes it feel like a real treat instead of a consolation prize for not baking a full batch.
Jump to recipe ↓One mashed banana and a mug is all it takes for a warm, single-serve muffin in under 10 minutes.
Estimated from the ingredients listed above; actual values will vary with brands and swaps.
Ripe bananas, rolled oats, and chocolate chips, nothing else, and they still come out looking and tasting like an actual cookie.
Real grated carrot, walnuts, and warm spices rolled into a no-bake bite that actually tastes like carrot cake, not just cinnamon and dates pretending.
A real carrot cake baked as a loaf, moist from applesauce and shredded carrots, with no brick of cream cheese frosting needed.
