Banana Chocolate Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 medium ripe bananas
- 1 flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax + 3 tbsp water)
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 cup brown sugar .
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- 1/4 cup drippy nut butter (i used half tahini, half almond butter for sweetness)
- 2 tbsp melted coconut oil .
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder (sifted)
- vanilla extract, pinch of salt
- 2 cups oat flour (2 cups rolled/quick oats pulsed in a blender to a flour)
- chocolate chips (i chopped half a dark chocolate bar)
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°f & grease a standard 12-cup muffin tin
In a large mixing bowl, make the flax egg
Once set (5 mins), add the bananas & mash together until smooth
Add baking soda, sugar, maple syrup, tahini, salt, oil & whisk together
Then add cocoa powder & mix again
Add the oat flour little by little & stir together
The batter will be very thick, but still scoopable & moist
Fold in the chocolate
Fill 11 muffin tins with the batter almost to the top
Bake for 25-30 mins until risen & a toothpick comes out clean
Attempt to not eat them all in one night ?
