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First published 2/28/14
Sometimes you get a hankering for a banana, so you buy some. And since you can’t eat very much banana in one sitting (if you’re on THM), sometimes you end up with a couple of bananas that go bad before you eat them. At least that’s how it happens in our house. So this morning we had 2 very speckled bananas-and I’m the type that eats them before they’re ripe, not after. So, with a ripe opportunity (see what I did there?) presenting itself, I concocted something with those 2 bananas. And this recipe makes 18 muffins. Do you ever get tired of recipes that just make barely enough food for one sitting?
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- 2 ripe bananas
- 1 cup oat flour (ground-up oats; use gluten-free if necessary)
- ½ cup oat fiber (use gluten free if necessary)
- 1 cup 0% Greek yogurt
- ⅓ cup egg whites
- 2 T baking powder
- 1 T lemon juice
- Stevia to taste
- ½ tsp. salt
- ⅓ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 T cinnamon
- ¾ cup water
- ½ tsp. butter flavoring
- ½ tsp. caramel flavoring
- Using a hand-held mixer, mix all ingredients together in a mixing bowl. How easy is that.
- Pour into 18 greased muffin tins.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes.
The muffins are a little gooey inside, like most banana products are. I'm guessing that one could bake this recipe in one or two mini bread pans and have banana bread, but I haven't tried that yet.
The tops of these muffins really sink. I've noticed this trend when baking with oat flour. It doesn't bother me any, but it does create a handy little well to stick stuff in.
2 or 3 of these muffins with Greek yogurt would make a great breakfast!
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I’m by far a professional chef…but I thought 2 tablespoons of baking powder were a bit much so I just used one: my muffins did not fall flat at all! Maybe that’s the issue? I also used all oat flour since I didn’t have any oat fiber.
Thanks for the tip! I’ll have to try that.
Oh I should say to that recipe I added a fourth a cup of gentle sweet Xylitol free instead of putting butter I added avocado oil…but could that make the difference?
Hi I just made a batch of the dozen and a half muffins this morning and they looked great went in the oven baking great and about the last 5 minutes they went flat and I mean flat and they won’t bake through in the center I’m wondering what happened and so disappointed such a waste of ingredients! ? What do you think happened?
That’s actually how mine were as well, if you’ll check out the note section of the recipe. I really enjoyed them anyway with some Greek yogurt on top and thought it was a great way to use up old bananas! I have a new-and-improved banana muffin recipe in my 2018 recipe calendar if you want to check it out! (This recipe is several years old and I’ve learned a few things about alternative baking since then. 😉 )
Here’s the calendar >> https://www.briana-thomas.com/calendar/
I’m sorry you didn’t like them! Maybe you could try toasting them or crumbling them up and eating them with almond milk as a cereal of sorts? I do that with some of my flops. 🙂
I made these today and they’re great!! I was concerned my bananas weren’t ripe enough bc they didn’t have many brown spots yet but I added 2 medium droppers of Stevia and I like them a lot!!!
I blended the wet ingredients together then poured into a bowl and whisked in the dry (I didn’t think my blender could hold it all and I don’t have a stick blender). I also added 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips (I know this adds a little fat, be careful thm people!). I made 21 bc I was afraid to overfill the pan. They didn’t sink in the middle which was a pleasant surprise!!
They are still a little moist in the middle but totally hit the spot for this pregnant thm!!
Thanks for all your hard work, Briana! I am thankful for your recipes!!! May God bless you in your future endeavors. 🙂 🙂
Hi, these look ymuuy, but do you have a recipe for just oatmeal muffins?
Hi Susan! You can check out the Breads & Muffins index to see all the muffin recipes I have to offer. 🙂 I don’t think I have any plain oatmeal recipes, but you may find another kind that sounds good: https://www.briana-thomas.com/indexes/complete-pictorial-recipe-index/breads/
Hi Briana,
I have a couple over-ripe bananas sitting on my counter right now, and I really would like to make this recipe before they go totally bad…..but we don’t have any applesauce at all. Is there anything I could sub, like more yogurt?
I think low-fat yogurt would probably work. 🙂 Or you could make these Banana Bread Mini Donuts I just posted. I think I like them even better than the muffins, and they don’t take applesauce. If you don’t have a donut maker, you could bake them in mini muffin pans in the oven. https://www.briana-thomas.com/banana-bread-mini-donuts-with-cream-cheese-glaze/