Banana Protein Muffins

• servings: 9 servings
• active time: 15 minutes
• total time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup mashed bananas (about 3 bananas)

2 eggs, room temperature

1/4 cup drippy natural peanut butter

1/4 cup pure maple syrup

1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

1 cup oat flour (certified gluten free if needed)

1/2 cup vanilla, or unflavored, protein powder

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. fine sea salt

1/3 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350-degrees F and line a muffin tin with 9 muffin cups, or lightly grease 9 muffin cavities. Set muffin tin aside.

To a large mixing bowl, add the mashed bananas, eggs, peanut butter, maple syrup, and vanilla. Whisk until evenly combined.

Add the oat flour, protein powder, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt to the mashed banana mix. Mix until combined. If adding the chocolate chips, mix the chocolate chips into the batter.

Evenly divide muffin the batter between the 9 prepared muffin cups. Batter should fill cups about 3/4 of the way.

Bake for 14-16 minutes, or until a toothpick entered in the center comes out clean. Allow muffins to cool slightly before removing from the pan.

Enjoy!

Nutrition

• Calories: 217 kcal
• Total Fat: 8 g
• Saturated Fat: 2 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
• Trans Fat: 0.02 g
• Cholesterol: 50 mg
• Sodium: 232 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 29 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2 g
• Total Sugars: 14 g
• Protein: 9 g