Whereas I often can’t sustain with the banana consumption of my boys and their mates, each as soon as in awhile we’re left with a couple of tremendous ripe ones. Within the fall and winter, banana bread is actually on our thoughts. For years, I’ve been making my more healthy dairy free banana bread. Just lately although, I needed to make it for the boys and their mates to get pleasure from after sledding. I noticed with 11 children round, making them as muffins was our greatest wager. I do love our chickpea flour banana muffins, however they might not be candy sufficient for the style buds exterior of my house! So, with that in thoughts and the components I had in my pantry, it was time to adapt my unique banana bread into these dairy free banana muffins with chocolate chunks.
How are these banana bread muffins dairy free?
Most banana bread can simply be dairy free by swapping butter for a non-dairy butter sticks or coconut oil. Even for people who find themselves not avoiding dairy, utilizing earth stability sticks reduces consumption of saturated fats, one thing most American adults can stand to do. Whereas swapping for coconut oil does make recipes dairy free whereas providing the identical texture as butter, it’s nonetheless wealthy in saturated fat. Research present is has a lesser impact than butter on blood levels of cholesterol, however nonetheless a higher impact than selecting fats sources decrease in saturated fats content material.
If you wish to scale back complete fats consumption additional, you need to use simply half the butter listed within the components and substitute the remainder with applesauce. They could not rise as a lot, however will nonetheless have a scrumptious style and texture.
Wholesome banana bread muffins
What makes these banana bread muffins more healthy? As talked about, swapping the butter for a non-dairy butter like earth stability can scale back saturated fats content material. A part of the vitamin enhance in my unique banana bread comes from complete wheat pastry flour. However, I used to be out of it and attempting to impress children. So, I used 3/4 cup of complete wheat flour and 1/2 cup of unbleached all-purpose flour.
There may be additionally much less sugar than in conventional banana bread muffins and I exploit honey as nearly all of the sugar. Honey naturally incorporates some nutritional vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants (and I believe it’s nice for fueling athletes, too). Whereas the whole quantity per serving is low, in case you swap out extra of your added sugar consumption with honey, advantages can improve. Uncooked honey is proven by analysis to help immune perform, be extra mild on the digestive tract, and supply higher blood sugar reactions.
Lastly, you scale back sugar extra through the use of darkish chocolate chunks vs. semi-sweet or milk chocolate. AND you’re amping up the antioxidant content material with extra cocoa. If you happen to’re watching your blood sugar and need to scale back consumption additional, contemplate Lily’s chocolate chips or the brand new dealer joe’s ones sweetened with allulose.
Banana Bread Muffin Preferences
With the unique banana bread that impressed this recipe, recipe testers made this it earlier than it was revealed. I narrowed my testing down to 2 variations and overwhelmingly, extra testers favored the model I loved extra. That was a win! However, I additionally was excited to listen to suggestions that regardless of slicing the sugar in half, the recipe was “simply candy sufficient”. It’s permitted by husbands, boyfriends, toddlers, children, grandmas, and colleagues. A lot bigger pattern dimension right here than me reassuring you that my boys prefer it.
Nonetheless, there are distinctly completely different preferences for banana bread texture! I assumed most individuals loved a brilliant moist banana bread like me. However, a number of of my respondents indicated that they like a dry texture for banana bread over moist. If you happen to like a dry banana bread, this recipe might not be for you. Although, you’ll be able to completely add additional flour as indicated or bake an additional jiffy to get nearer to that texture.
Banana bread muffins as a wholesome snack
Take pleasure in one in every of these dairy free banana muffins on their very own after dinner or as a pre-workout snack. However, for higher satiety at breakfast or snack time, pair with a supply of high quality protein and possibly some fruit, too. Take pleasure in with Greek yogurt and berries for breakfast or high with almond butter and pair with sliced apple, for instance.
Recipe Notes and Variations
Cooking Fats
Outcomes from the banana bread checks confirmed a lot better texture on the skin of the loaf when earth stability unfold was used over coconut oil. It additionally examined nicely with Nation Crock’s plant butter with olive oil(excited for a better high quality product from them) and one tester used Miyokos creamery cultured vegan butter unfold and shared optimistic opinions, too.
Common vs. Massive muffins
I’ve made this twice, as soon as to yield 12 muffins and as soon as to yield 10 bigger ones. The cooking time solely shifted by one minute and each got here out with an unimaginable texture. For the 12 muffin yield, I used a normal muffin tin with silicone muffin liners. For the ten muffin yield, I used my Inexperienced Life muffin tin which is a bit deeper, and my spectrum non-stick spray. They popped out so simply with none residue within the tin.
Sweetness
As talked about above, over half of testers supplied suggestions that this gave the “excellent degree of sweetness”. However, a couple of indicated that both themselves or a cherished one most well-liked banana bread with out chocolate chips. Unfathomable for me, but when that’s you, simply omit the chocolate chunks and topping from these muffins! You’ll be able to add in blueberries, cacao nibs, and nuts as a substitute, or simply hold it plain.
Need to forgo the chocolate chips and like your banana bread to be candy? Add an extra 2 tbsp brown sugar.
In search of extra dairy free recipes? Strive my vegan turtles, buckwheat oat pancakes, and sprouted grain cinnamon rolls!
