Whole Wheat Banana Flax Muffins

Submitted by mandagirl

"This is one of my favorite muffin recipes. I like them with coconut oil spread on top."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1⁄2 cup golden flax seed meal
• 1⁄2 cup quick oats or 1/2 cup quick-cooking barley
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon clove
• 2 ripe mashed bananas
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup almond milk
• 1⁄4 - 1⁄3 cup honey
• 2⁄3 cup chopped walnuts

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Mix flour, flax meal, oats (or barley), baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves.
3. Stir in walnuts.
4. Mix eggs, milk, honey and bananas until well combined.
5. Stir into dry ingredients.
6. Fill muffin cups and bake for about 20 minutes.

Reviews

[Carol B.]

I agree with others who say these need a little salt. They are good but rather bland. I think adding 1/3 c of honey or more would also add more flavor. Maybe even a dash of vanilla. IDK maybe not but they do need something to perk up the flavor. I baked mine for 18 minutes and they were perfectly done.

 

[kjjacobsen]

Good proportions and I like the fiber-full ingredients. They rise well in the oven and aren’t too dry or overly moist. However I add more sugar (maybe a quarter cup) and a little less than 1/2 tsp salt. They taste bland to me otherwise. But if you’re watching your sugar intake then they are fine as is.

 

[jhaskell1962]

Healthy and delicious! Can use other small amounts of fruit too, like apples or raisins in addition to or instead of bananas.

 

[Jelaya F.]

I have made these twice! It’s so easy and healthy too; I made it with my kids both times and they loved the taste. The muffins are moist and flavorful even with only 1/4 cup of honey. Here are the changes I made, although there aren’t many: 1- I switched out the 2/3 cup walnuts for 1/2 cup chopped dark chocolate chips. I’m not fond of nuts. 2- I used 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon and NO nutmeg. 3- I added a pinch of salt. One thing I'd note is that both times, I got 18 muffins using my cupcake scoop, not 12 like the recipe says. And I baked them for 17 minutes. Perhaps this recipe makes 12 jumbo muffins. Thank you for the recipe!

 

[SweetDivaMJ]

This is a good, very healthy muffin! I will def. make these again, but will make them a touch sweeter and probably try adding a small amount of salt to the recipe to enhance all of the wonderful flavors when I do. I served them with butter and additional honey.