Description
Delightful banana bread muffins that are healthy and free from refined sugars, made with wholesome ingredients like whole wheat flour and Greek yogurt.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 ripe bananas, mashed
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- ½ cup Greek yogurt (plain or vanilla)
- ¼ cup natural nut butter (almond, peanut, or cashew)
- ¼ cup honey or pure maple syrup
- 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
- ½ cup vanilla or unflavored protein powder (whey or plant-based)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Optional: ½ cup chopped walnuts or dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Lightly grease your muffin tin or line it with paper liners.
- In a large bowl, mash the bananas using a fork or potato masher.
- Whisk together eggs, Greek yogurt, nut butter, honey (or maple syrup), and vanilla extract into the mashed bananas until creamy.
- In another bowl, whisk together whole wheat flour, protein powder, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
- Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture using a spatula. Avoid overmixing.
- If using, fold in walnuts or dark chocolate chips.
- Divide the batter evenly among the muffin cups, filling each about ¾ full.
- Bake for 18-22 minutes, checking for doneness with a toothpick.
- Cool in the tin for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
You can customize with alternative sweeteners or nut butters. For gluten-free muffins, use gluten-free flour.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 7g
- Cholesterol: 30mg