Healthy Banana Muffins Recipe

These healthy banana muffins are naturally sweetened with mashed bananas and pure maple syrup. They are moist, and delicious and make the best easy breakfast as well as a quick snack.

Banana muffins are one of the best healthy muffin recipes because you can easily change them up with chocolate chips, or chopped nuts.

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Healthy muffins are always great to have around for kids at snack time because they contain no refined sugar, and are made with simple clean ingredients. Of course, healthy banana bread muffins aren’t just for kids.

Make sure that your kitchen has everything it needs to make all kids of delicious snacks, by checking out my healthy cooking essentials for gluten free baking.

What You Need to Make the Best Healthy Banana Muffins

To make this healthy banana muffin recipe you will need a handful of nutritious ingredients. If you often bake with dairy-free, and gluten-free ingredients then you may already have most of these items in your pantry. Otherwise, you can easily get them at the grocery store, and/or online.

2 cups almond flour
1/3 cup coconut flour
1 1/2 tsp cardamom
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla bean powder
1/4 coconut oil, melted
2 bananas, mashed
3 eggs, at room temperature
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
optional- mini chocolate chips, chopped walnuts

If you are new to gluten-free baking, Bob’s Red Mill has great flours and products. This is the almond flour, and coconut flour that you can use.

You can get vanilla bean powder online, or replace it with vanilla extract. 1 tsp of vanilla bean powder would be replaced with 2 tsp of vanilla extract.

If you are super sensitive to coconut oil and do not like it (my husband), then you can swap the coconut oil out for avocado oil.

Healthy Banana Muffins recipe ingredients

You will also need a muffin tin, muffin liners, and a stand mixer or hand mixer to make these easy banana muffins.

How to Prepare the Muffin Batter for Gluten Free Banana Muffins

First, preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

Then add the almond flour to a large bowl.

Next, add the coconut flour, followed by the rest of the dry ingredients.

healthy banana muffin recipe with cardamom

In a separete medium bowl, mash bananas with a fork or potato masher. Overripe bananas will offer the most sweetness to your muffins.

Then add the eggs, maple syrup, oil, and the rest of the wet ingredients.

Next, add the banana mixture to the dry ingredients. Use a stand mixer or hand mixer to mix the batter until smooth.

Optional add ins – you can add chocolate chips, or chopped walnuts to this gluten free banana muffin recipe. You would fold them after had mixing the muffin batter. These are the chocolate chips that I use.

How to Make Easy Healthy Banana Muffins

First, line a muffin pan with parchment paper liners.

Then scoop the muffin batter into each of the muffin cups. Use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to ensure the healthy gluten free banana muffins are all the same size and bake evenly.

healthy banana muffin recipe batter in muffin cups

Place the muffins in the preheated oven and bake for 18-20 minutes. In the last 2-3 minutes of baking, you can sprinkle the tops of the muffins with a little bit of coconut sugar if you’d like.

Remove the muffins from the oven with they are golden brown and pass the toothpick test. Set on a wire rack to cool.

Poke a clean toothpick into the center of a muffin. If the toothpick comes out wet, then it needs a bit more time. If the toothpick comes our dry then the muffins are done. The first time you make this healthy banana muffin recipe you will have to keep an eye on your muffins to get the perfect timing.

gluten free banana muffins in muffin pan

The Best Healthy Banana Muffins

This recipe for healthy banana muffins makes delicous muffins. They are super moist, and naturally sweet with the hint of floral cardamom.

Enjoy these healthy banana muffins as a healthy snack in the afternoon, or with your morning coffee or tea in the morning.

This is our favorite banana muffin recipe. The kids like it best with added chocolate chips.

Store any leftover healthy banana muffins in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-5 days.

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Yield:
12

Prep Time:
10 minutes

Cook Time:
20 minutes

Total Time:
30 minutes

Healthy banana muffins for the best moist muffins. This healthy banana muffin recipe make a great breakfast or snack. Moist, with sweet banana flavor and floral cardamom.

Ingredients

2 cups almond flour
1/3 cup coconut flour
1 1/2 tsp cardamom
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla bean powder
1/4 coconut oil, melted
2 bananas, mashed
3 eggs, at room temperature
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
optional- mini chocolate chips, chopped walnuts

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl
In a separate bowl, mash ripe bananas.
Add the rest of the wet ingredients to the mashed bananas
Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients.
Use a stand mixer or hand mixer to mix until smooth.
If adding optional add ins of chocoalte chips, or chopped nuts, fold them in now.
Fill a muffin tin with paper lines.
Scoop muffin batter into muffin cups.
Bake for 18-20 minutes until golden brown and muffins bass the toothpick test.