When I make foods that are allergy conscious/friendly, I adhere to a fundamental principle: the food has to be delicious, regardless of how allergy-free it is. I never want to hear someone say “this is good for not having sugar” or, these are good for not having whatever ingredient happens to be left out. The food has to be good, period. These muffins fit the bill. I would bring these to any muffin baking contest and pit them against their all-purpose flour, sugary relatives. Be prepared to hear “these don’t have ANY flour!”
I make these for my mother who is very conscious to balance her sugar and carbohydrate intake to prevent diabetes. These muffins have a perfect protein to carbohydrate balance and they are very low in sugar. And, as an extra benefit, they freeze well so you don’t have to eat the whole batch at once, although you might want to 🙂 . Thaw them on the countertop and pop into the toaster or microwave if you want them warm and luscious.
- 1 cup smooth unsalted almond butter (Follow the same instructions for homemade peanut butter to make your own)
- 2 Bananas
- 2 Eggs
- 1½ Teaspoons vanilla
- 1 Tablespoon molasses (or sweetener of your choice)
- ½ Teaspoon baking powder
- ½ Teaspoon sea salt
- 2 Tablespoons ground flaxseeds
- ½ Teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ Cup golden raisins
- 1 Cup walnuts or pecans (or ½ a cup of each)
- Optional: Dark chocolate chips
- Before doing anything, turn your oven on to 400F bake.
- While the oven is preheating, put all of the ingredients above into one bowl (except for the walnuts, raisins, and chocolate chips). There's no need to separate ingredients and gently fold them together...no delicate ingredients here!
- Once everything is added to the bowl, use a hand-held mixer to blend everything very well until all the chunky bits of banana are smooth.
- Pour your batter into an oil-sprayed or paper-lined muffin pan.
- Now for customizing your muffins: add the raisins, walnuts, and chocolate chips in whatever quantities and mixtures you like into each muffin. Stir the ingredients into each muffin with a small spoon.*
- Bake the muffins for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean and they are nicely browned.
These muffins are amazing! If I hadn’t made them myself I would never have guessed that they have NO flour in them. They are so tasty – and so easy to make. Thank you!
PS I used honey as my sweetener – 1 tablespoon was the perfect amount.
Great! The bananas make these muffins so deliciously sweet that you barely need any sweetener. I’m happy to hear the honey was a good substitution.