BANANA WALNUT MUFFINS

I feel like everyone should have a banana muffin recipe. Whether it’s passed down from your grandmother or you saw something on the food network. It’s one of those recipes that you keep with you and can create over and over again.

I always have bananas, and I buy enough to make a smoothie everyday. But there are those days when I don’t have my morning smoothie and by the end of the week I have over ripe bananas that are only good for baking.

This recipe has lots of bananas, oats, chia, flax, and walnuts. One could convince themselves that they are healthy except for the flour, sugar, and butter. Nevertheless they are great for breakfast or a snack on the go.

BANANA WALNUT MUFFINS

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Course Snack

Servings 12

Ingredients

1½ cups flour
1 cup oats
1 cup walnuts chopped
¼ cup ground flax seeds
¼ cup ground chia seeds
1 cup brown sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
½ cup butter melted
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 ripe bananas mashed

Instructions

Preheat oven at 350ºF.
In a large bowl, add flour, oats, flax, chia, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix well with a spatula.
In another bowl, add brown sugar with 1/2 cup water. Mix so the sugar starts to dissolve. Add the bananas. Mash them until they are lumpy, but not pureed. Add the melted butter, egg, and vanilla. Mix well.
Make a well with the dry mix. Pour the wet ingredients into the well. With the spatula mix the ingredients together until they are incorporated. Do not over mix.
Fold in the walnuts.
Spoon batter into a lined muffin tray. Bake for 30 minutes.