Banana Oat Muffins



This recipe is a great healthy alternative to normal muffins and they taste just as good...if not better! They contain no flour and no oil. They have yogurt to keep them moist, which results in the muffin being a little on the denser side, but it is still soft and spongey. Yes there is dark chocolate… but it is a healthy amount of it. This balances out the fact that the muffin themselves are healthy, however you could replace the chocolate with something like blueberries, cacao nibs or walnuts. 

This recipe makes about 15 medium sized muffins. 


Ingredients

1 cup of natural Greek yogurt
2 ripe bananas
2 eggs
2 cups of rolled oats 
1/4 of a cup of raw honey
1 ½ teaspoons of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
1/2 cup of dark chocolate chips (or roughly chop up pieces of dark chocolate from a block)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 200℃ and line a muffin tin with muffin cases, I also spray the cases with olive oil cooking spray. 

2. Add all ingredients except for chocolate chips to the food processor and process on high until oats are broken down and batter is smooth and creamy. 

3. Stir in chocolate chips by hand.

4. Pour the batter into the muffin cases, filling each one until it is about ¾ full. 

3. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the tops of your muffins are set and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. 

4. Allow muffins to cool before removing. Store in an air-tight container for up to a week.

Enjoy x 


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