HEALTHY BANANA-OAT MUFFINS

Healthy Banana-Oat Muffins image

This banana-oat muffin recipe includes good-for-you ingredients like flaxseed, Greek yogurt, applesauce, walnuts and coconut oil. These are very moist, so do not overbake. Try a toothpick test as a gauge.

Provided by Robyn Miller

Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes Muffin Recipes Whole Wheat Muffin Recipes

Time 45m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 17

Ingredients

cooking spray
3 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon flaxseed meal
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup finely ground steel-cut oats
½ cup brown sugar
½ teaspoon salt
3 ripe bananas, mashed
¼ cup honey
¼ cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt
1 egg, lightly whisked
3 tablespoons applesauce
3 tablespoons coconut oil
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
½ cup chocolate chips
½ cup ground walnuts
1 tablespoon cinnamon sugar, or as needed

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place a rack in the lower third of the oven. Spray a mini muffin pan with cooking spray.
Combine water and flaxseed meal in a bowl and let sit 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, whisk flour, oats, brown sugar, and salt together in a bowl and set aside.
Mix thickened flaxseed, bananas, honey, yogurt, egg, applesauce, coconut oil, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Stir flour mixture into the banana mixture. Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts.
Use an ice cream scooper to scoop batter into the prepared muffin tin. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean but without overbaking, about 18 minutes.
Let muffins cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Freeze if desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 139.1 calories, Carbohydrate 22.5 g, Cholesterol 7.3 mg, Fat 5 g, Fiber 2.8 g, Protein 2.7 g, SaturatedFat 2.4 g, Sodium 54.8 mg, Sugar 11.5 g