Vegan Banana, Date & Walnut Muffins
TAMIKA DATSON
The humble banana bread, it’s an all-time favorite recipe loved by almost everyone. That is why it has become the go-to snack to bake in house-holds over recent times. There are so many recipe variations; however they are usually loaded with sugar, butter, and processed flours. What people don't know is that the recipe can make amazing muffins too.
These simple, health-loaded banana muffins are gluten, dairy, and refined sugar-free. They're made with buckwheat flour, which is high in antioxidants, fiber, and a great source of digestible plant protein and almond meal, which is particularly rich in Vitamin E and magnesium - two key nutrients for great health.
Serves 12 cupcakes or 1 standard banana bread.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups buckwheat flour
- ½ cup almond meal
- Pinch salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp coconut sugar (optional)
- 1 handful walnuts roughly chopped
- 4 Medjool dates roughly chopped
- 2 large ripe bananas mashed
- ⅓ cup plant-based milk (I love unsweetened almond milk)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2-3 tbsp rice malt syrup (can substitute with pure maple syrup or honey, if you prefer sweeter, add more)
What to do
- Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).
- In a large mixing bowl, sift buckwheat flour, almond meal, salt, baking powder, and coconut sugar.
- In a separate bowl, mash bananas with a fork and then add plant-based milk, vanilla extract, rice malt syrup and stir till combined.
- Mix together wet ingredients with the dry ingredients until well combined (if the batter seems too thick, add a splash more plant-based milk).
- Roughly chop walnuts and dates. Add these last to the mixture and stir through.
- Line a cupcake tray with holders (or a cake tin with baking paper) and add roughly 1 heaped tbsp of mixture per muffin. (Option to decorate muffins with banana slices, more nuts/dates, cinnamon, shredded coconut, etc.).
- This makes around 12 muffins.
- Bake in the oven for around 15-20 mins until lightly golden (alternatively, for a loaf bake for around 35-50 mins).
- Allow to cool, then enjoy!
TIPS: Buckwheat flour and almond meal can be found in most supermarkets in the health aisle or health-food stores.
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Tamika Datson is a health and wellness publicist, recipe creator, and blogger. She is an advocate for healthy living, both physically and mentally, and aims to inspire you to live a wholesome, active, and balanced lifestyle.