Banana Almond Chocolate Chip Muffins

Description

A great use for overripe bananas! These muffins take only minutes to put together but come out light and savory. If you’re a fan of doing a little extra for your weekend breakfasts, this recipe will fill that need and satisfy some bellies.

Ingredients

  • 1 ⅓ cups gluten-free baking mix (such as Arrowhead Mills®)
  • 1 scoop vanilla protein powder (Optional)
  • 1 ¼ teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cacao powder (Optional)
  • ½ teaspoon coarse salt
  • 3 overripe bananas, mashed
  • ½ cup turbinado sugar (such as Sugar in the Raw®)
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 ½ egg
  • ¾ cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • ½ cup sliced almonds

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a muffin tin with liners.
  2. Mix gluten-free flour
  3. protein powder
  4. baking soda
  5. cacao powder
  6. and salt in a large bowl.
  7. Place mashed bananas
  8. turbinado sugar
  9. melted butter
  10. and egg in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment; beat on medium speed until well-blended and airy. Add flour mixture; mix until batter is evenly moistened. Stir in chocolate chips and sliced almonds.
  11. Scoop the batter into the muffin tin
  12. filling each liner 2/3 of the way full.
  13. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean
  14. 25 to 30 minutes. Let muffins cool on wire rack before serving
  15. about 10 minutes.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 25 mins

Total Time: 50 mins

Servings: 12

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