I have always had a little bit of a sweet tooth, and I love
pretty much any kind of homemade baked good, especially any kind of muffin,
cinnamon roll, etc. This became a little bit of a problem when I developed Type
1 Diabetes in December of 2010. I could no longer eat such yummy breads to my
heart’s content, but rather had to be careful about the amount of sugar/
carbohydrates that I ingested. I at first just cut out/ did not eat many baked goods
at all, or ate them and gave myself large amounts of insulin to cover my
carbohydrate intake. After several years, I decided to try some heathy recipes
that I had found. Most just plainly did not taste good. I finally found a few
recipes on pintrest that tasted pretty good, but with a little tweeking tasted
even better.
This recipe is one that I created, loosely based on a few
different pintrest recipes that I have tried. It is sweetened with mashed
bananas, apple sauce, and raw sugar or honey. It also uses whole wheat flour
which has a much lower glycemic index than white all purpose flour. This muffin
is definitely on the not as sweet side, (my husband says it needs more sugar),
but with the addition of some chocolate chips he seems to like it better.
Here is the recipe:
Healthy Banana Apple
Oat Muffins
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1 ½ cups mashed bananas
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½ cup applesauce
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1 cup plain greek yogurt
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1/3 cup raw sugar (can use honey or agave if
desired)
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½ tsp. salt
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2 Tbsp. olive oil
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2 eggs
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2 Tbsp milk (can use almond or coconut milk as
desired)
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1 Tbsp vanilla flavoring
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2 cups whole wheat flour
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1 cup whole rolled oats
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1 tsp cinnamon
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2 tsp baking soda
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Optional: chocolate chips or nuts to taste
Preheat oven to 350⁰ F. Combine bananas, applesauce, yogurt,
sugar, salt, oil, eggs, milk, and vanilla until fully incorporated together.
Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. If desired, add chocolate chips or
nuts to the batter. Grease muffin tins for 24 muffins. DO NOT USE PAPER LINERS-
The muffins will stick and be ruined unless you want to eat paper with the
muffins. I have unfortunately made this mistake! After filling the muffin tins,
I sprinkled some rolled oats on the top of the muffins to make them look
pretty.
Bake at 350⁰ F for 20-25 minutes. Let cool for 15 minutes
before removing from the muffin tins.
Enjoy with a cup of tea or coffee.
Hope you enjoy these “healthy” muffins!
