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Banana Bread Muffins

We’ve all got a brown banana or two lurking in the fruit bowl – turn them into delicious, customisable muffins!

35 mins
11 ingredients
$0.55 / person
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Banana Bread Muffins

Gear

Ingredients

2 large brown bananas, mashed

2 eggs

⅓ cup low fat Greek yoghurt (or any plain yoghurt)

3 tablespoons olive oil

¼ cup honey

1½ cups wholemeal flour

1½ teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon bicarb soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon ginger (optional)

½ teaspoon nutmeg (optional)

Optional Extras (¼ Cup of Mix Ins)

Grated carrot & chopped walnuts

Frozen blueberries

Dark chocolate chips

Raspberry and white chocolate

It’s this easy

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Line or grease a 12-hole muffin tin.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together all the dry ingredients.
  3. In another bowl, mix the mashed banana, eggs, yoghurt, oil, honey, and milk until well combined.
  4. Add wet mixture to dry and fold until just combined (don’t overmix). If you are adding in mix ins, fold them gently in.
  5. Spoon into a lined muffin tin and bake for 20–25 minutes, or until golden and a knife comes out clean.
  6. Cool in the tin for 5 mins, then transfer to a wire rack.

Tweaks

  • If you often find yourself with brown bananas, peel and freeze them for future baking. When you're ready to make muffins, transfer them to the fridge and let them defrost for 24 hours
  • The browner the banana, the sweeter the muffins will be! If you’re using less ripe bananas, consider adding slightly more honey.
  • To freeze, let muffins cool completely, and place in a freezer safe container. To defrost, place in fridge overnight, and warm for 30 seconds in microwave.

Notes

Serves = 12

Nutrition information (per serve, without mix ins):

  • Energy (649kJ)
  • Protein (3.9g)
  • Total Fat (5.9g)
  • Saturated Fat (1.1g)
  • Carbohydrate (20.4g), (Starch (11.5g), Sugars (9g), Added sugars (0g), Free Sugars (6.1g))
  • Dietary Fibre (2.6g)
  • Sodium (111mg)
  • Calcium (24mg)
  • Iron (0.8mg)

Allergies

Contains: Gluten, Dairy, Wheat, Eggs.
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