Kid-friendly, peanut-butter-fan friendly, chocolate-lover friendly,…little monkey friendly! Easy muffins for a lunch replacement, afternoon snack, or healthy breakfast.
Peanutbutter Banana Monkey Muffins
Author: Victoria Laine
Serves:: 1 dozen
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Ingredients:
- WET:
- 2 ripe bananas
- ⅔ cup peanut butter
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp vanilla
- DRY:
- 1 cup sorghum flour
- 1 cup rolled oats
- ½ cup garbanzo flour
- 2 Tbsp chia seed flour
- 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- pinch - ⅛ tsp salt,
- (depending if PB is salted)
- OPTIONAL:
- ¾ cup chocolate chips -or- raisins (or both!)
- OPTIONAL PB FROSTING:
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- ⅓ cup peanut butter
- Whisk ingredients together until thick and creamy.
- Frost muffins, decorate with a banana slice if desired, and enjoy.
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line muffin tin with paper muffin cups.
- In a large bowl, mash ripe banana with a fork or potato masher.
- Whisk in peanut butter, maple syrup, water, and vanilla.
- In a medium bowl, blend together dry ingredients.
- Add dry mix to wet and stir.
- Blend well and fill muffin tin, dividing batter into each cup. If you’d like to add a slice of banana on top of each muffin before baking it will become sweet and creamy.
- Bake 30 minutes until lightly browned. Cool completely if frosting. Frosting is completely optional depending on your little monkeys’ desires!
Peanut Banana Monkey Muffins {gluten-free, vegan}
