Heading on a road trip to the beach and baked these muffins up to nibble on, because trip snacks are half the fun right? In other news, also heading back to work in two weeks and hoping a freezer stocked with these will ease what will soon be very busy weekday mornings. I like big life events that I can prepare [read: cook/bake] for.
This recipe came about as I cruised the kids aisle at the grocery store and found all the snack items to have sugar listed in the top ingredients. I am trying to avoid giving any to our 13 month old. Not entirely, just not on a routine basis. So I whipped these up (I think the photos are from the fourth batch I’ve made this summer) and skipped adding any sugar or maple syrup and don’t even miss it!
Naturally sweet bananas and dates work so well together. Feel free to throw in some chocolate chips if you like but we thought these were pretty delicious as is.
Recipe makes 12 muffins. Topping one with almond butter is my favourite breakfast this week. Wishing you happy summer adventures big and small.
no sugar banana muffins
1 cup oats
3/4 cup flour (or gluten free alternative)
1 + 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 + 1/2 teaspoon baking powder (use 2 tsp if using gluten free flour)
1/2 tsp salt
5 dates pits removed and chopped into small chunks OR raisins
1/2 cup walnuts chopped OR shredded coconut to be nut free)
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 ripe bananas peeled and mashed
1 egg
1/3 cup melted coconut oil
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix wet and dry ingredients in two separate bowls. Combine them being careful not to over mix. Batter should be lumpy. Use muffin liners, or lightly grease the muffin pan with coconut oil or non stick spray and scoop out batter, filling each cup about 2/3 full.
I bake these for exactly 17 minutes in my oven (which runs hot) and they come out perfect every time. Bake until a knife comes out clean and tops are slightly golden. Let muffins cool for a few minutes in pan before removing.
