Whole Wheat Banana Muffins (Healthy!)
photo by allona519
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Yields:
-
12 muffins
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
-
muffins
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1⁄4 cup ground flax seeds
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
- 3 large very ripe bananas
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg, beaten (vegan egg replacer works too)
- 1⁄3 cup butter, melted (Earth Balance Vegan Buttery Sticks work too)
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streusel topping
- 1⁄3 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 tablespoon butter, cold, cubed
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons quick oats, uncooked (optional)
- 1 tablespoon ground flax seeds (optional)
directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease muffin pan or use muffin papers.
- Mix up the flours, flax, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl.
- In a smaller bowl, mash bananas. Add sugar, egg and melted butter to bananas.
- Add banana mixture to flour mixture and stir.
- Divide mixture evenly into muffin cups, filling each about 3/4 full.
- Prepare streusel topping. Sprinkle onto tops of muffins and lightly press struesel into batter (so it will stay in place as muffin rises).
- Bake at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes. They should pass the toothpick (or knife) test.
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