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Healthy Banana Nut Muffins Recipe
Banana Nut Muffins are super moist, easy to make, secretly healthy, and FULL of chopped walnuts and cinnamon spice.
Servings: 12 muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup bananas ripe, mashed
- ½ cup coconut oil melted
- ⅓ cup almond milk cashew, oat, or soy milk
- ½ cup coconut sugar plus additional for topping
- 2 Tbsp. pure maple syrup
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 ½ cups cassava flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
- ¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 1 cup walnuts coarsely chopped, divided
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl combine bananas, oil, milk, sugar, syrup, eggs, and vanilla. Whisk until combined.
- In a separate medium-sized bowl combine cassava flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Whisk to combine.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir until just combined.
- Next, add ¾ cup chopped walnuts, reserving the rest, and mix until just combined. Be careful not to overmix.
- Line a regular-sized muffin tray with cupcake liners. Spray liners with non-stick cooking spray and fill to ¾ full. Top each with 1 teaspoon of remaining chopped walnuts.
- Bake for 22-24 minutes, or until a toothpick when inserted in comes out clean.
- Let cool for 10 minutes before serving and enjoy!
Notes
- Otto's cassava flour was tested in this recipe. Other cassava flour brands may lead to varying results.
- To make this recipe vegan substitute flax eggs for the regular eggs.
Nutrition
Calories: 258kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 173mg | Potassium: 106mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 50IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 1.3mg