When I was in Philadelphia visiting with my cousin and his girlfriend. I was looking on her bookshelf in her apartment and spotted the cookbook “Cook Yourself Thin”. After looking through the book I copied the ISBN and title down and put it on my list of “must haves”. As soon as I got home from our trip I went on half.com and ordered me a copy for $5! The first recipe I made out of it was this one. I’m not big on baking from scratch (which you can probably tell by now), but I wanted to give this one a try… it looked like it would make for a nice low-cal breakfast or snack! Which it did indeed. These muffins are only 200 calories each–which is great considering most muffins on average are around 500+ calories each! I will tell you that they are very dense and not as fluffy as most, but besides that they are great (next time I would add a few more calories to the recipe by adding more chocolate chips)!
Banana Bread Muffins with Almond Flour
Ingredients
- 2 cups Almond Flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 ripe bananas mashed
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- ¼ cup melted coconut oil
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a muffin tin with paper liners or grease it lightly.
- In another bowl, mash the ripe bananas until smooth. Add honey or maple syrup, eggs, melted coconut oil or butter, and vanilla extract, and mix until thoroughly combined.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and gently fold them together until just combined. Be careful not to overmix. *If desired, fold in your choice of add-ins such as chopped nuts, chocolate chips, or dried fruits.
- Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups, filling each about ¾ full.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Allow the muffins to cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
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