Healthy Banana Date Muffins (gluten free and refined sugar free)
Delicious healthy banana muffins sweetened with dates and date sugar. Incredibly moist and flavorful muffins which make for the perfect healthy muffin recipe.
Equipment
- muffin pan
- oven
- 2 mixing bowls
- whisk
- silicone spatula
- knife and cutting board (to remove the pits and chop the dates)
- muffin liners (optional, use nonstick baking spray if you're not using liners)
Ingredients
- 1½ cups mashed bananas (about 3 large bananas)
- ¼ cup date sugar
- 2 large eggs (room temperature)
- ½ cup almond milk (any milk works)
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1⅓ cup brown rice flour
- 1 cup blanched almond flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup chopped pitted Medjool dates (pitted, chopped small, about 7 dates*)
- ¼ cup sliced almonds (optional for topping)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F. Line a muffin pan with liners or spray it with nonstick baking spray and set aside.
- In a bowl, whisk together the mashed bananas, olive oil, and date sugar until well combined. Whisk in the eggs, then whisk in the milk and vanilla extract.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the brown rice flour, almond flour, baking soda, baking powder, sea salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg until completely uniform.
- Add the dry flour mixture into the wet ingredients, as well as the chopped dates at the same time and mix well, folding to combine with a silicone spatula. Once no flour is streaks are left. Set aside to rest for 5-10 minutes.
- Scoop muffin batter into prepared muffin pan, filling ¾ of the way full. Top with sliced almonds if desired.
- Turn the oven down to 375°F, and put the muffins in the oven on the middle rack. Bake for 22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean (start checking around 18 minutes). Let cool for 10 minutes or so in the pan before removing to a cooling rack or plate to cool completely.
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Notes
Tip: Chopped dates will be sticky. Try to separate the pieces the best you can and toss them in a bit of the flour mixture to help keep them separated when stirring in the muffin batter.
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