The aim: transportable, scrumptious, and a bit nutritious! And so banana buckwheat muffins had been born! These nutty, healthful muffins are vegan, gluten-free, naturally sweetened, and simple to make with simply 1 bowl and 10 elements required.
They’re nice for after-school snacks, on-the-go breakfasts, and extra! Seize your mixing bowl, let’s make muffins!
These 1-bowl buckwheat muffins start with the moist elements: a flax egg, mashed banana, coconut sugar, just a little oil, and vanilla.
Buckwheat can have a robust taste by itself (and a dense texture), so it’s not all the time our go-to gluten-free flour. However when paired with one other robust taste like banana? This low glycemic, gluten-free nutrient powerhouse seed goes in our muffins!
Then it’s on to the dry elements: gluten-free flours, salt, and baking soda. To stability the denser texture of the buckwheat flour, we embrace almond flour and potato starch. The outcome? A healthful, not-too-heavy muffin with a good crumb texture!
The ultimate step earlier than baking: deciding whether or not these can be banana muffins or banana nut muffins. Including walnuts will get our vote! However for those who’re not a fan, nobody can be mad for those who depart them out. They usually positively received’t be mad for those who go rogue and throw in some chocolate chips.
We hope you LOVE these banana buckwheat muffins! They’re:
Nutty
Healthful
Completely banana-y
A bit of candy
Simple to make
& SO scrumptious!
These sturdy muffins are good for on-the-go breakfasts, brunch gatherings, after-school snacks, and a lot extra! Our Cinnamon Vanilla Dandelion Tea Latte and Simple Masala Chai can be scrumptious pairings.
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Servings 10 (Muffins)
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- 1 Tbsp flaxseed meal (to make flax egg)
- 2 ½ Tbsp water (to make flax egg)
- 2 medium ripe bananas
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar*
- 2 Tbsp avocado oil or melted coconut oil (or different impartial oil)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup buckwheat flour (do-it-yourself or store-bought)
- 1/4 cup potato starch (NOT potato flour)
- 1/4 cup almond flour* (we like Wellbee’s)
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (elective)
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Preheat your oven to 350 levels F (176 C) and line a standard-size muffin pan with paper liners. Put aside.
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To a medium mixing bowl, add flaxseed meal and water. Stir to mix and let gel for five minutes.
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Add the bananas to the flax combination and mash properly with a fork till solely little chunks of banana stay. We favor them to be fairly easy! Subsequent add coconut sugar, oil, and vanilla extract. Whisk properly to mix. Add buckwheat flour, potato starch, almond flour, baking soda, and sea salt. Whisk till no flour streaks stay. If utilizing walnuts, fold them into the batter at this level.
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Divide the batter evenly between 10 muffin liners (or 12 if together with walnuts // modify if altering batch dimension) and bake for 35-40 minutes or till a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out with only some crumbs.
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As soon as cooked, let the muffins cool for 10 minutes within the muffin pan earlier than transferring to a wire rack to chill utterly earlier than having fun with. Leftovers will be saved flippantly coated at room temperature for as much as 3-4 days or frozen for 1 month!
*If you happen to are likely to favor less-sweet treats, you should use half the quantity of coconut sugar with success. Make certain to let the muffins cool totally for finest texture.
*Each do-it-yourself and store-bought buckwheat flour work properly on this recipe. Retailer-bought can be a bit extra dry and do-it-yourself a bit extra moist.
*Almond flour retains these muffins just a little moist with a crumb-like texture. If it’s essential to make them almond-free, cashew flour can be the subsequent best choice. If nut-free, you possibly can strive sunflower seed meal, however it could give your muffins a green-tinted colour due to the best way the seed meal reacts with baking soda.
*Diet data is a tough estimate calculated with out elective elements.
Serving: 1 muffin Energy: 131 Carbohydrates: 22.6 g Protein: 1.5 g Fats: 4.6 g Saturated Fats: 0.5 g Polyunsaturated Fats: 0.9 g Monounsaturated Fats: 2.9 g Trans Fats: 0 g Ldl cholesterol: 0 mg Sodium: 154 mg Potassium: 137 mg Fiber: 1.5 g Sugar: 12.8 g Vitamin A: 2 IU Vitamin C: 2 mg Calcium: 12 mg Iron: 0.3 mg
