Almond Flour Banana Muffins

Almond flour banana muffins are the perfect gluten free breakfast or afternoon snack. Easy to make with simple ingredients, these almond flour muffins are gluten free, dairy free and paleo friendly!

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword almond flour banana muffins, gluten free banana muffins, vegan banana muffins

Prep Time 6

Cook Time 30

Cooling Time 15

Total Time 51

Servings

Calories 201kcal

Author Samantha Rowland

Cost $6.62 Recipe/$0.55 Serving

Ingredients

3 large bananas, mashed $0.57
2 tbsp. ground chia seeds $0.22
1/4 cup water $0.00
2 cups almond flour $4.39
1/3 cup gluten free flour $0.48
2 tbsp. coconut sugar $0.14
2 tsp ground cinnamon $0.20
1 tsp. baking powder $0.06
2 tbsp. peanut butter $0.25
1/4 cup chocolate chips (dairy free) $0.31

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375F.
In a large bowl, mash the bananas with a fork.
Add the ground chia seeds and water to the bananas and stir well immediately. See below on instructions on how to grind chia seeds at home.
To the banana chia mixture, add the dry ingredients (almond flour, gluten free flour, coconut sugar, baking powder and cinnamon). Stir well.
Add the peanut butter (or almond butter) to the batter. Stir well to fully incorporate).
Add the optional chocolate chips and stir well.
Add silicone muffin liners or parchment paper muffin liners to a muffin tin.
Use a 1/4 cup measuring cup, divide the batter between the muffin tin (you should make 12 muffins). If you have any leftover batter, spoon it evenly to the muffins.
Bake at 375F for 30 minutes.
After baking, let the muffins cool completely. After about 15 minutes you can move the muffins to a cooling rack (carefully). Allow the muffins to cool completely for best texture.

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Notes

Can you use almond meal?

For this recipe I have tried it with both almond flour and almond meal and they both work. For the best texture, I would recommend almond flour but if all you have is almond meal, go for it!

How to make your own almond flour:

Add blanched almonds to a food processor. Process until look like fine grains of sand. Don't process too long or will start to turn into almond butter.

How to make ground chia seeds:

Ground chia seeds can be bought in the store but I typically just make my own and store them in the fridge in a well-sealed container. To make ground chia seeds just add chia seeds to a high speed blender (I use my bullet blender) or a spice grinder (coffee grinder used for spices).

Can you make this into banana bread?

Yes. Reduce the water down to 2 tablespoons and bake in 375F oven for 50 minutes. Allow to cool completely before slicing.

Storage:

Store in the fridge up to 7 days in a well sealed container.
Freeze after cooling completely in the fridge in a freezer safe bag for up to 3 months.

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