Had to whip up something fast for my boyfriends
birthday this morning, so my sister
recommended this recipe.
Figured a home-made morning muffin would
start his day off right and I certainly think it did!
Simple + delicious + healthy +
perfect for breakfast. My sis was right!
The mixture of almonds + coconut + banana =
lots of protein, potassium, magnesium + Vit E =
Great for your muscles, heart, metabolism + energy.
Almond Banana Bread Muffins
YOU NEED:
3 bananas (save a few slivers for topping)
2 cups almond flour/meal
3 organic eggs
1 tbs vanilla extract
1 tbsp honey (or maple syrup or coconut palm sugar)
¼ cup coconut oil
½ tsp ground sea salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp slivered almonds (for topping)
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice (optional – my bf likes pumpkin)
Pinch of coarse sea salt (optional for topping)
1 tsp chocolate almond butter (optional for inside gooey-ness surprise)
DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 300°
2. Place bananas, eggs, vanilla extract, honey, cinnamon, pumpkin spice and coco oil into a food processor/blender and blend.
3. Add in almond flour, sea salt and baking powder.
4. Scoop batter into a lined muffin tin or greased muffin tin (w/coco oil or butter).
5. Optional- if you want to get fancy and surprise your taste-testers with an amazing gooey chocolaty surprise, pour in batter 1/2 way and add a dollop of Chocolate Almond Butter, then pour the rest of batter on top leaving space for the muffin to rise (creates a surprise chocolaty sweet center when you bite into it once its done :))
6. Top with thinly sliced bananas and almonds to impress your guests.
7. Bake at 300° for 30-35 minutes (or until brown/a toothpick comes out clean)
8. Remove from oven and let cool.
9. Sprinkle on coarse sea salt immediately after removing from oven to give it that sweet n’salty muffin top taste (optional)
Voila! Enjoy eating!
Adapted from Honest Fare and Love and Cupcakes. Thanks ladies!
Be sweet. Be celebratory. Be well.
xoxo
be well,
ariele
