ingredients:
2.5 C gluten-free flour mix*
1 C brown sugar, loosely packed
1-½ t baking soda
1-½ t gluten-free baking powder
½ t salt
½ t cinnamon
1 t xanthan gum, Agar, OR guar gum
2 C mashed EXTREMELY ripe bananas (about 5-6 bananas)
1 T gluten-free vanilla extract
½ C grapeseed or canola or sunflower oil
⅓ C water, room temperature
2 C Enjoy Life Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Chips
2 C Enjoy Life Cinnamon Crunch Granola
*Gluten-Free Flour Mix:
Feel free to use your favorite gluten free flour mix (gum-free, if possible) or try our suggestion:
1 C buckwheat
1 C brown rice flour
¾ C tapioca starch
¼ C amaranth
½ C sorghum, teff, or toasted quinoa flour
OR
2 C sorghum flour
½ C tapioca starch
directions:
Preheat oven to 350F.
Line 2 muffin tins with muffin cups OR lightly oil the tin.
In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients except granola and chocolate chips. In a separate bowl or Pyrex measuring cup, combine all the wet ingredients. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until batter is uniform and smooth. Stir in the chocolate chips.
Using a ½ C measure, scoop batter into muffin tin until all batter is used. Lightly tap tin on counter to make batter more uniform in tin and force out air bubbles.
Sprinkle granola over tops of muffins to cover entire surface. Not all of it will stick – that’s okay.
Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out dry. Allow to cool.
Eat immediately or store in an airtight container for up to two days. Muffins may be frozen.
I have my reservations about recipes containing ingredients I’m not familiar with, or recipes that could be considered “health food” considering I’m new to this kind of eating, but these were amazing!
My local health food store didn’t have the specific granola flavor, so I picked up the Cinnamon Raisin Crunch flavor by Enjoy Life.
The muffins are moist and flavorful, with a nice balance of chocolate, banana, and a hint of cinnamon. After I had opened the bag of Enjoy Life chocolate chips, I had to taste them before adding them to the recipe just to see how they compared to the milk chocolate that I’m used to, and I couldn’t tell the difference. Delicious!
My daughter has Severe food allergies, and I am always excited to try new recipes that we can both enjoy making together. These Muffins were a Hit! Very Good & moist. Perfect balance of banana and chocolate! Now, she always wants to make them! Thank you!