We have an abundance of fun flours in our apartment right now – quinoa flour, almond flour, coconut flour, whole wheat pastry flour – you name it, I’ve got it. Apparently I got a little overzealous at Whole Foods the other day. That said, it was time to put some of that flour to good use. Introducing Banana Nut Quinoa Muffins – delicious and vegan and gluten free, too!
Banana Nut Quinoa Muffins
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Keywords: bake bread breakfast snack gluten-free vegan banana oats quinoa
Ingredients (2 dozen muffins)
Dry Ingredients:
- 1 & 1/2 C quinoa flour
- 1 C quinoa flakes
- 1/3 C walnuts or pecans, chopped (gluten free certified if you want this recipe to stay gluten free)
- 1 Tbsp. cinnamon
- 4 tsp. baking powder
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
Wet Ingredients:
- 4 flax eggs (or 4 real eggs)
- 4 very ripe bananas, mashed
- 1/2 cup Almond Breeze original almondmilk
- 1/4 C maple syrup
To make the equivalent of 4 flax eggs, place 4 Tbsp. ground flaxseed in a bowl, then add 3/4 cup water. Stir, then let sit in the fridge at least 10 minutes and it will gel up like an egg!
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375
First, prepare your flax eggs and place them in the fridge to gel.
Then, in a large bowl, mix all dry ingredients. In a separate smaller bowl, mix mashed bananas, almondmilk, and maple syrup, then mix in gelled flax eggs.
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir until more or less uniform.
Spoon batter into greased muffin pans; place in the oven for 20 minutes. Fork check to test done-ness.
Enjoy!
These muffins are wonderful for breakfast (try chopping one of the muffins up and putting it on top of yogurt or cottage cheese with fruit) or as a portable afternoon snack. Enjoy!
This post is sponsored by Almond Breeze.
Banana Nut Quinoa Muffins originally appeared on fANNEtastic food on April 11, 2013.
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