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If I could eat a muffin for breakfast everyday, I would. Muffins made from local bagel shops, delis, grocery stores, diners, etc. can be such a calorie bomb to your daily caloric intake. Starting out the day with a 500-1000 calorie muffin loaded with added sugars is all fun and games until your mid morning sugar crash and your pants no longer fit.
Whenever we get the urge for muffins, we decide to make a healthier version. For this recipe we used bananas, but in the fall we’ll use either pumpkin or apples. This recipe includes no added sugars and gluten free flour. Each muffin is less than 100 calories!
This recipe is very easy to follow and took about 25 minutes for prep and cook time. The Macro breakdown can be found at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!
For starters, I recommend weighing out the bananas it will really help to ensure the quantity you’re eating rather than me saying “use 1 or 2 large bananas”, and of course for any recipes using bananas the more ripe the better!
Once you have your bananas all weighed out, mash them! I used a fork to mash mine. When you get the banana all mashed up dump it into your mixing bowl.
Once the mashed banana is in the mixing bowl, add in your egg, PB powder, protein powder, and coconut oil and mix it all together. The flour I used for this was Bob’s Red Mill Brown Rice flour – simply because we had it handy in our pantry. Any type of flour should work fine in this recipe depending on your dietary requirements.
Start to add in your cinnamon, flour and baking powder and continue to blend it. Once it is all blended together you can start to scoop it into your muffin tray. This recipe will make 10 muffins small-medium sized muffins.
Macro-Friendly Banana Muffins
At less than 100 calories per muffin these would make a great addition to any breakfast or make the perfect mid morning snack!
Ingredients
- 140 g banana (weighed without peel)
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 tbsp coconut oil
- 3 tbsp peanut butter powder
- 2 Scoops Vanilla Latte Protein Powder
- 3/4 cup Bob's Red Mill Brown Rice Flower
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 Non- Stick Spray (for Muffin Tin)
Instructions
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1. Preheat oven to 350
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2. Weigh out and mash your banana; once your banana is mashed dump it into your mixing bowl
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3. Into your mixing bowl, add in your egg, PB powder, Coconut Oil and Protein Powder; blend together (use a hand mixer - this may be difficult to do with just a spoon/rubber spatula)
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4. Once it is all mixed and smooth, add in your flour, cinnamon, and baking powder - blend together until smooth - the texture should be thicker and not runny like cake batter
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5. Spray nonstick cook spray into your muffin tray and divide the batter evenly amongst all 10 muffin slots
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6. Place your muffins into the oven for approximately 15 minutes - I started checking mine after 12 minutes; to check to see if it is fully cooked insert a toothpick into it and if it comes out dry with nothing sticking to it - they're done
Macro Breakdown:
- 98 calories per muffin
- 3.3g Fat
- 13g Carbs
- 4.4g Protein
Comment below and let us know if you try them out!
Oh now these sound really interesting I have to admit I love a good muffin and I am totally up for giving banana ones a try yum!
Awesome, let me know how they turn out for you 🙂
Ally! I am so in love with this recipe! It sounds so delicious and will make me absolutely happy to feed them to my kiddos! I can’t wait to gather the ingredients and bake them with Kate, our 6 year old – she’s the baker in the family!
Awesome! I’m so happy to hear that – let us know how they turn out for you and stay tuned for our seasonal pumpkin spice ones we’re debuting next month 🙂
I love using protein powder in recipes. This recipe would be one that my boys would love.
Awesome! Let us know how they turn out for you when you try them out 🙂
I’ve just started to eat based on macros so this is a great find! can’t wait to try it out.
Awesome! We have so many macro-friendly recipes. One of our most popular ones is our macro-friendly pizza!
Wow thanks for sharing the recipe! I use to track my macros and seriously need to get back into it!
Thank you, and definitely do it! We love counting our macros.
Wow, that Macro-Friendly Banana Muffins recipe looks really delicious and it so easy to prepare. I will def try this for my kids and I am sure they will love it.
It was very easy to prepare! I hope they like it. Stay tuned for our macro-friendly banana muffins that we’ll be debuting next month 🙂
Finding delicious recipes that are healthier is a must for me at the moment. Thank you, for sharing this one.
You’re welcome! I hope you enjoy it.
I love banana muffins. Your picture of the finished muffin has me wanting some. I will try this recipe this week. Muffins are easy to grab for a busy morning.
I completely agree, these would make a great breakfast meal prep!
The way you explained this dish, seems very simple and doable. Going to try this very soon.
Thanks!
I’m going to try this recipe one of these days! I love to try new recipe, thanks for sharing 🙂
Let us know how they turn out for you! 🙂
I never thought about putting protein powder in baked goods! These sound delicious!
They really are!Thanks – we regularly bake with protein powder – its a great way to help you stay on track 🙂
Banana muffins are my absolute favourites! I will have to make some soon with my bananas that are ripening!
Awesome, let us know how they work out for you.
Yum! Banana muffins are my favorite! I’ll have to try these.
Definitely do!
I love the Banana Muffins looks me hungry 🙁 I’ll try to make my own. This is so perfect! thanks for sharing!
Awesome, let us know how they turn out!
Yum! This sounds absolutely delicious. I’m going to grab these ingredients and try these out!
Let us know how they turn out for you!
Nothing beats a good muffin. I especially love muffins with fruit like bananas in them.
Agreed!
I love baking with coconut oil. It really helps add flavor to every treat.
Agreed!
I love using protein powder in recipes. I’m going to grab these ingredients and try these out!
Awesome, let us know how they turn out!
I always appreciate the simplicity of banana bread and the flavor and texture bananas give baking. I need to make more!
Agreed!