Total time: 30 mins |
Prep time: 10 mins |
Cook time: 20 mins
Yield: 12 small muffins |
Nutritional guidelines: 156 calories per serving
Category: Dessert |
Cuisine: American Keywords: Muffin, Sweet, Banana
Rating:
(4.7 based on 3 ratings)
Extremely versatile banana muffin recipe which allows to use your over-ripe bananas. You can adapt spices and flour combination to your liking, and decide to use oats or cereal. Being relatively low-GI, this recipe is suitable for people following a low-glycemic (low-GI) diet.
Ingredients
1/2 cup oats or cereal
pinch of salt
1 cup (140 grams) dark rye flour
1 cup (140 grams) all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp fine grain sea salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground cloves
3 T extra virgin olive oil
3 T full fat plain yogurt
1/4 cup (50 grams) dark brown sugar
3 very ripe bananas, mashed
2 T blackstrap molasses
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 medium egg, lightly beaten
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 F (180 C).
Bring 1 1/2 cups water to a boil.
Add the oats or cereal and salt, whisk to prevent clumping.
Lower the heat to low and cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until soft.
Set aside 1/2 cup of the cooked oats or cereal.
Grease two 6-cup or one 12-cup muffin tin with olive oil.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients (dark rye flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices).
In another bowl for the wet ingredients, combine the oil, yogurt and the brown sugar. Beat with a whisk until smooth. Add the mashed bananas, molasses, egg, vanilla, and the 1/2 cup cooled oats or cereal; stir to combine.
Add the dry ingredients, and stir until just combined, avoiding over-mixing.
Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin cups.
Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the top of the muffins are set and dark brown.
Remove from the oven, transfer the hot muffins from muffin pan to a wire rack, and cool slightly.
Serve warm, either just made or warmed up quickly in the oven.
Diet / allergy information
This recipe is:
Vegetarian
Not gluten-free
Not dairy-free
Not without eggs
Not without added sugar
Not vegan
Adopted from a recipe by Valeria Necchio.
Nutrition information is calculated using an online API and should be considered an estimate.