healthy banana nut muffins

Healthy Banana Nut Muffins that are so light, tender, and loaded with flavour, you’d never know they were made without flour, oil, eggs, or refined sugar. Made with wholesome gluten-free and plant-based ingredients, these muffins make a delicious breakfast or snack!

Whenever I check my analytics, there’s some kind of muffin hanging out at the top as my most visited post.

Maybe it’s because I post a lot of muffins (I do love them). Maybe it’s because these Banana Oat Greek Yogurt Muffins have yet to be dethroned as my most popular post. Or maybe it’s because people just really love muffins.

Whatever it is, I’m adding to the collection today. Everyone say hello to these little healthy banana nut muffins.

How To Make Healthy Banana Nut Muffins

I don’t want to just re-write the instructions in the recipe card, so I’ll give a few helpful tips instead.

Blender Method

• This method works best if you have a high-speed blender like a Vitamix since a less powerful blender will most likely bog down under the ingredient load.
• It really helps to start by processing the oats alone until they’re ground down into the consistency of a fine flour. This ensures a smoother muffin.
• After you grind the oats, take the blender jar and give it a few shakes to make sure the oat flour isn’t packed too tightly under/around the blades – this helps the rest of the ingredients blend more smoothly and prevents the blender from bogging down.

Mixing Bowl Method

• Start by mashing the bananas since they won’t be getting mashed up in a blender.
• You’ll have to replace the oats with a pre-ground or store-bought oat flour. This recipe calls for 2 cups of oats which translates to 1 1/2 cups of oat flour – 160 grams in each case.
• If you want to make your own oat flour, add 2 cups of oats (160 g) to any blender and process on high until the oats get ground down to a fine flour consistency. You can even do this in something like a NutriBullet… just in smaller batches.

Both Methods

• I don’t recommend using bananas that are too ripe. Brown spots are good, but if the bananas themselves are completely brown and mushy, you’ll end up with slightly gummier muffins.
• I used coconut palm sugar for my sweetener, but you can replace that with brown sugar or cane sugar as well. Something like maple syrup will work, but reduce it to 1/4 cup (60 ml).
• I really recommend either using parchment paper liners or greasing your muffin cavities well. Paper liners are the devil.
• A dab of vegan butter + a couple minutes in a toaster oven = amazing

Okay, but what are they like?

Light, tender and perfectly sweet with plenty of banana flavour. Because they’re made with oat flour, the muffins will be a little denser than those made with a traditional wheat flour, but they’re so nice and moist that you hardly even notice. And just like any other banana-based baked goods, I prefer them on the second day when they’ve had a little bit of time to sit and marinate for a while, but they’re delicious straight out of the oven too.

Either way, you’ll have yourself a batch of gluten-free (as long as you use certified gluten-free oats) and vegan banana muffins made with wholesome ingredients like oats, almond butter, coconut sugar, nuts, and bananas. They’re egg-free and dairy-free (obvs), and if you needed to, you could easily make them nut-free by replacing the almond butter with soy nut butter, the almond milk with another non-dairy milk like rice or soy, and the nuts with 1/2 cup (80 g) chocolate chips.

Happy eating!

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Looking for more healthy muffin recipes? Try one of these!

Easy Vegan Chocolate Muffins
Flourless Vegan Banana Muffins
Banana Oat Greek Yogurt Muffins
Flourless Morning Glory Muffins
Flourless Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

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