Healthy Banana Apple Oat Muffins

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

o   1 ½ cups mashed bananas

o   ½ cup applesauce

o   1 cup plain greek yogurt

o   1/3 cup raw sugar (can use honey or agave if desired)

o   ½ tsp. salt

o   2 Tbsp. olive oil

o   2 eggs

o   2 Tbsp milk (can use almond or coconut milk as desired)

o   1 Tbsp vanilla flavoring

o   2 cups whole wheat flour

o   1 cup whole rolled oats

o   1 tsp cinnamon

o   2 tsp baking soda

o   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!