How To Make Whole Wheat Banana Muffins
We just can’t get tired of giving you recipes to make the most out of ripe bananas! Here’s another whole-grain, naturally-sweetened banana muffin dessert!
Serves:
Ingredients
- ⅓cupcoconut oil,melted, or extra-virgin olive oil
- ½cupmaple syrup,or honey
- 2eggs,preferably at room temperature
- 1cupbananas,packed mashed ripe, about 3 bananas
- ¼cupmilk,of choice or water, I used almond milk
- 1tspbaking soda
- 1tspvanilla extract
- ½tspsalt
- tspcinnamon,plus more for sprinkling on top
- 1¾cupswhite whole wheat flour,or regular whole wheat flour
- ⅓cupold-fashioned oats,optional, plus more for sprinkling on top
- 1tspturbinado sugar,raw sugar or other granulated sugar, for sprinkling on top
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
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Grease all 12 cups of your muffin tin with butter or non-stick cooking spray.
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In a large bowl, beat the coconut oil and maple syrup together with a whisk.
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Add the eggs and beat well.
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Mix in the mashed bananas and milk, followed by the baking soda, vanilla extract, salt and cinnamon.
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Add the flour and oats to the bowl and mix with a large spoon, just until combined. Fold in any additional mix-ins.
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Divide the batter evenly between the muffin cups, filling each cup about two-thirds full.
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Sprinkle the tops of the muffins with a small amount of oats (about 1 tablespoon in total), followed by a light sprinkling of sugar (about 1 teaspoon in total).
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Bake muffins for 22 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.
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Place the muffin tin on a cooling rack to cool. Serve.
Recipe Notes
- Run a butter knife along the outer edge of the muffins to loosen them from the pan.
- These muffins will keep at room temperature for up to 2 days, or in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
- They keep well in the freezer in a freezer-safe bag for up to 3 months (just defrost individual muffins as needed).
Nutrition
- Calories: 204.19kcal
- Fat: 8.25g
- Saturated Fat: 6.20g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 0.82g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.58g
- Carbohydrates: 30.64g
- Fiber: 2.93g
- Sugar: 12.05g
- Protein: 4.25g
- Cholesterol: 29.64mg
- Sodium: 180.71mg
- Calcium: 36.36mg
- Potassium: 201.37mg
- Iron: 1.03mg
- Vitamin A: 15.71µg
- Vitamin C: 1.79mg
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