Spinach Banana Muffin Recipe
These moist banana muffins are a delightful, healthy snack and a perfect blend of sweet bananas and nutritious spinach. Easy to make, kid-friendly, and ready in just 35 minutes, they're ideal for on-the-go breakfasts or healthy picnic treats.
Servings: 15 muffins
Calories: 139kcal
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups Old-Fashioned Oats or Oat Flour You can use any flour of your choice.
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- ½ cup Coconut Sugar or your preferred sweetener
- ½ cup Almond Milk You can use normal or any non-dairy milk.
- 2 cups Spinach Leaves
- ¼ cup Coconut Oil You can use normal or vegan butter or ghee.
- 2 Large Bananas Extra-Ripe
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375º F /190º C and grease or line a muffin tin.
- To make oat flour, put 2 cups of old-fashioned oats in your blender and blend until the oats achieve the texture of flour. Skip this step if you already have oat flour.
- In a mixing bowl, add the oat flour and the rest of the dry ingredients (ground flaxseed, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and sugar).
- Mix until well combined.
- Add almond milk to the blender, followed by 2 cups of spinach.
- Blend together until completely smooth.
- Add bananas and coconut oil and blend until smooth.
- Then add vanilla and eggs and blend until well combined.
- Pour the blended mixture into the bowl with dry ingredients and stir to combine.
- Fill each well in your muffin tin with ¼ cup of batter.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes. Or until a toothpick comes out clean and the top springs back when touched.
- Let the muffins cool for 10 minutes before serving.
Notes
Substitutions
- If you don't have oat flour, blend 2 cups of old-fashioned oats in the blender until you have the consistency of flour. You can substitute for any flour of your choice, but this may change the texture of the muffins.
- You can substitute coconut sweetener for the sweetener of your choice.
- Vegan butter, regular butter, almond butter, or ghee can be used instead of coconut oil.
- You can substitute almond milk with normal or any plant-based milk.
- For alternatives, add dried fruits, nuts, or choc chips to the batter before baking.
- Add cream cheese frosting for a more decadent version.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 139kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 0.3mg | Sodium: 133mg | Potassium: 149mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 386IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 58mg | Iron: 1mg