Low Fat Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins
photo by Pam-I-Am
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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12 muffins
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 3 ripe bananas
- 3⁄4 cup flour
- 3⁄4 cup whole wheat flour
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 4 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 - 3⁄4 cup chocolate chips
directions
- Mash bananas.
- Add remaining ingredients except chocolate chips and mix.
- Add chocolate chips and stir (I start with the 1/2 c and add more if it looks like too little.).
- Pour into grased muffin tins and bake at 350 for approx 15-20 minutes (until toothpick comes out clean).
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Reviews
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We love this muffin recipe!!! I followed completely the first time and it was great, but now, instead of white flour, I add 3/4 cup of rolled oats that I pulse in the food processor quickly, blueberries, ground pears, if I have a few extra ripe ones (instead of applesauce), almond extract, and a spoonful or 2 of Nutella. The kids love all the flavors, and with the addition of the almond extract and other goodies I cut the sugar to 1/4 cup.
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These are absolutely fantastic!! I have been on a low fat/reduced carb diet and these hit the spot. I also used splenda in place of sugar and egg beaters. I increased the whole wheat flour to 1 cup and reduced the white flour to 1/2 cup. I made a batch last week and they didn't last long! Will be making these again tonight!!!
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Absoulutely loved these. Made them a little more low cal by substituting 1/2 of the sugar with Splenda and used Egg Beaters for the egg. I did use the whole wheat flour but substituted self rising flour for the all purpose since low fat muffins are sometimes more dense. I did keep the b. soda and b. powder as listed. These rose up very well and were super moist. I stuck with 1/2 cup mini choc. chips. Not sure how many cals I saved but know it was less than the 155 calories listed. My husband ate 4 right off the bat!
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Tweaks
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These are really tasty. Most importantly, they set up and have a nice, light fluffy texture. I only had two bananas so I added a little extra applesauce to compensate. Also used regular flour instead of whole wheat (would have but didn't have it!). I used cocoa powder instead of the chips to make it even lower fat and they still came out great. Thanks!
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This is a great recipe! I've made two batches in one day. Very easy, very quick and very satisfying. Here's some changes I made though; I used brown sugar instead of regular, I added half teaspoon of cinnamon for extra punch, I got good quality dark chocolate (70%) which I pounded to make chunks that are little bigger than ready choc chips and I added half cup of chopped walnuts that gave it great texture. I'm already getting requests for more batches!
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