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Healthy banana muffins without butter/oil

Healthy Banana Muffins no oil/no butter

I have been on a muffin kick lately and have been searching for healthier muffin recipes to try and I came across a banana muffin recipe and decided to modify it a bit!

I went a little overboard on the mashed bananas and used 4 instead of 2 or 3 and threw in cranberries,walnuts and oats for good measure(health).

It resulted in a perfect tasting banana muffin. The cranberries added a lovely tartness and the muffin was quite moist and not too sweet.

Ingredients:-

4 medium bananas

150gms yogurt/curd (1/2 cup)

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla extract

3/4 cup dark brown sugar

1 and 1/2 cups maida/plain flour

1/2 tsp cinnamon powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup oats( Quaker instant oats)

1/2 cup cranberries

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Procedure:-

  1. In a bowl add the flour, baking soda,baking powder and salt and stir till well combined.
  2. Mash the bananas and add the curd to it and mix well.
  3. Mix in the brown sugar and cinnamon.
  4. Then add the eggs and vanilla extract and mix well on medium speed for two minutes.
  5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir till just combined. Do not overmix. The batter will be lumpy and a lumpy batter makes for the best muffins.
  6. Finally stir in the oats,cranberries and walnuts.
  7. I got around 16 muffins that I filled to about 3/4 full each.
  8. Bake for 12-15 minutes at 180C or till done.
Healthy Banana Muffins no oil/no butter
Mix the dry ingredients and set aside
Healthy Banana Muffins no oil/no butter
Mash 4 medium bananas
Healthy Banana Muffins no oil/no butter
Mix curd and mashed bananas
Healthy Banana Muffins no oil/no butter
Mix the brown sugar and cinnamon
Healthy Banana Muffins no oil/no butter
Beat in the eggs for 2 minutes,
Healthy Banana Muffins no oil/no butter
Stir in the dry ingredients
Healthy Banana Muffins no oil/no butter
Stir in the dry ingredients till just combined
Healthy Banana Muffins no oil/no butter
Stir in the oats, cranberries and walnuts
Healthy Banana Muffins no oil/no butter
This is what the mixture will look like
Healthy Banana Muffins no oil/no butter
Fill in the muffin cases till 3/4 full
Healthy Banana Muffins no oil/no butter
Bake at 180C for 15 minutes
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Healthy Oatmeal Muffins with banana,walnuts and cranberries

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Recipe source: healthy muffins

Recipe based on Joanna Soh’s healthy muffins

Ingredients:-

1 and 1/2 cup oats powdered

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 cup cranberries

1/4 cup walnuts finely chopped

pinch of salt

2 bananas mashed

4 tbsp honey

2 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

1/2 cup yogurt/curd

1 tsp cinnamon powder

(makes around 24-26 mini muffins)

Procedure

  1. Preheat oven to 180C.
  2. Combine all the dry ingredients together. Powdered oats,baking soda,baking powder, pinch of salt,cinnamon,cranberries and walnuts.
  3. Mash bananas.
  4. Whisk together the eggs,vanilla,honey,mashed bananas and curd.
  5. Combine the wet and dry ingredients together. Stir well
  6. Divide equally into the muffins tray. Here I used a tbsp of batter for each muffin mould.
  7. Bake at 180C for 20-25 minutes. Here I checked it at the 20 minute mark and baked for another 7-8 minutes because my oven runs a little low.

 

healthy oatmeat muffins with cranberries and walnuts
Add all the dry ingredients together in a bowl. Cranberries,walnuts,powdered oats,salt,baking soda,baking powder,cinnamon

 

healthy oatmeat muffins with cranberries and walnuts
Mash 2 medium bananas

 

healthy oatmeat muffins with cranberries and walnuts
Add the honey to the mashed bananas as well as the curd,eggs and vanilla essence and whisk well

healthy oatmeat muffins with cranberries and walnuts
Add in the dry ingredients to the wet batter and mix with a spoon until just combined

healthy oatmeat muffins with cranberries and walnuts
This is what the batter looks like

 

healthy oatmeat muffins with cranberries and walnuts
Divide equally into 24 mini muffin moulds and bake at 180C for 20 minutes. A knife inserted into the muffins should come out clean

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