You’ve only really moved into a new place once you’ve baked muffins… anyone agree? 😀 It’s been over a month since I’ve moved flats and while I’ve done a lot of cooking, made a memorable lasagna and baked scones, there’s nothing quite like the smell of muffins baking that evokes an uncomparably cozy feeling of utter homeliness.
The inspiration – and by that I mean the urgent trigger – for these muffins were the overripe bananas that I’d subliminally assumed my boyfriend would eat and could suddenly ignore no longer. I had to act.
The result: these incredibly easy, nourishing and versatile muffins that kept me going in the afternoons and provided an easy breakfast option – plain or sometimes with a dollop of peanut butter.
Makes: 6-8 muffins
Ingredients:
- 2 ripe medium bananas, mashed
- 2 tbsp peanut butter*
- 2 tbsp chia seeds**
- 2 tbsp coconut blossom nectar / date syrup / maple syrup
- 150g flour (I used wholemeal spelt)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1/2 tsp ground vanilla bean (optional)
- ca. 180-200 ml mylk (I used oat mylk)
*I use unsalted peanut butter, 100% nuts. If using salted, feel free to skip the extra salt. ** Ground flaxseeds would also work.
Extras:
- Handful of dried cranberries / raisins
- Chopped peanuts
Variation ideas:
- different nut butters (e.g. almond or cashew)
- adding chocolate chunks
- adding jam in the center
- mixing in chopped apricots, dates, walnuts, etc.
- adding spices (cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, etc.) and/or orange zest
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Mix the mashed banana with the chia seeds, peanut butter and coconut blossom nectar in a small bowl.
- Add the flour, baking powder, salt and vanilla (you can, of course, combine all the dry ingredients first in a separate bowl, but the one-bowl-approach is perfectly fine too) and mylk, stirring only to combine. The mixture should be lumpy and not too runny. Incorporate any extras.
- Line a muffin pan with muffin cases and divide the batter evenly.
- Bake for ca. 16-20 minutes, they should be nice and springy. Leave to cool in the tin for a few minutes.
Hope you enjoy and let me know if you give these a go (here or on Instagram – you can find me at @blueberrysmiles22)!
xoxo
