Description
Many people avoid muffins because they can be a calorie bomb without protein. Well, these banana nut muffins are only 244 calories and offers 5 grams of protein next to only 25 grams of carbs.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly (or vegan butter)
- 1 cup almond flour
- 1 cup gluten-free sprouted flour blend (brown rice, oat and sorghum blend) or Paleo flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 eggs (or 2 flax eggs: 1/4 cup water + 2 tablespoons ground flax)
- ¼ cup water
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 2 very ripe bananas, mashed
- ½ cup walnuts, crushed
Toppings
- 1 banana, cut in half and thinly sliced
- handful of crushed walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Melt the butter in a small pan.
- Mix all ingredients in a large bowl.
- Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups 2/3 full.
- Add banana slice and walnuts and bake for 15–18 minutes.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 18 min
- Category: Snacks, Breakfasts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin (87 g)
- Calories: 244
- Sugar: 12.1 g
- Sodium: 320 mg (21% DV)
- Fat: 15.1 g
- Saturated Fat: 5.7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 25.3 g
- Fiber: 3.2 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 48 mg