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Banana oat muffins with almonds and blueberries (wheat free recipe for cholesterol reduction)
My love of this recipe is based on the ability to have something bite-sized and handy to eat for the AM or snack attacks throughout the rest of the day. There is also this intangible quality of baking that I’m so happy to have again in my life. The comforting satisfaction of a lovely aroma drifting through the house! When you are not cooking with wheat, you don't get the same rising effect, and so the muffins are much denser than you will be used to. Keep in mind that these are completely guilt-free, and that for every 3 muffins you eat, you are eating 1 whole banana and almost 3/4 cups of oats!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 12
Ingredients
Dry
- 3 cups oats
- 1 cup almonds
- 1 Tbsp cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
Wet
- 4 large ripe bananas
- Zest and fruit of 1 small lemon
- 2 eggs what? eggs are not to be avoided when reducing cholesterol
- 2 Tbsp coconut oil or any other high heat oil that is good for your heart
- ½ Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract optional
- 4 pitted medjool dates optional for more sweetness
- 1.5 cups roughly 1 punnet of blueberries
Optional: Throw in a handful of nuts of your choice (this makes muffins a bit drier)
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 180C (350 F)
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Throw the first 5 ingredients below into your blender (preferably high speed, but normal blenders work too), and grind up together into a flour. Then pour into a bowl.
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Throw these wet ingredients into your blender and blend until smooth
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Pour the wet ingredients over the dry, and mix as little as possible until just combined
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Fold the blueberries and nuts gently into the mixture
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Line your muffin tin with “easy-release” muffin tin liners (the "if you care" brand ones are amazing), fill them to overflowing (they won't rise, so create a mound with with your batter), and then place your muffin tin in oven to bake until they are golden brown.
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When baked, let them rest on a cooling rack for a few minutes before you devour them!