Monday, November 9, 2020

Coconut Vega One Banana Muffins

I’ve adapted the King Arthur Baking banana bread recipe to better suit our current diet goals.

Coconut Vega One Banana Bread

15 muffins: 186 calories/5.8 g protein each


454 g ripe bananas, mashed (4-5 bananas)

¼ cup fat free Greek yogurt

¼ cup avocado oil

½ cup allulose baking blend

¼ cup brown sugar

2 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

170 g white whole wheat flour

60 g Vega One, coconut almond flavor 

1 tsp baking soda

½ tsp baking powder

¾ tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

½ cup chopped toasted pecans

¼ cup toasted flaked coconut, unsweetened

1 Tbsp chia seeds

1 Tbsp hemp hearts

 

Topping

1 Tbsp Demerara sugar

½ tsp cinnamon

 

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 15 cups of 2 regular sized muffin pans with oil.

In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix bananas using paddle attachment until throughly mashed. Add yogurt, oil, allulose, brown sugar, eggs, & vanilla. Mix well.

In a medium sized bowl, whisk together flour, Vega One, baking soda, baking powder, salt, & cinnamon. Stir in pecans, coconut, chia seeds, & hemp hearts.

Add dry mixture to wet. Mix until combined.

In a small bowl, mix topping ingredients.

Fill 15 muffin cups with batter. Top with cinnamon sugar.

Bake 20-25 minutes, until interior reads 205°F on an instant read thermometer.


Original recipe: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/whole-grain-banana-bread-recipe