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Recipe of the day: Scrumptious banana, walnut and maple muffins

Try out these delicious banana, walnut and maple muffins to be enjoyed for breakfast for the next couple of days.


These yummy and flavourful banana, walnut and maple muffins are super easy to bake, and can be recreated in under 30 minutes.

The maple added to this recipe gives the muffins a sweet and delectable taste for the health bunnies who still battle with the occasional sweet tooth.

Try out these delicious banana, walnut and maple muffins to be enjoyed over breakfast or as an any time of the day snack for the next couple of days.

Double your ingredients to create a larger batch of these scrumptious muffins which you could share with your loved ones.

Scrumptious banana, walnut and maple muffins

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Banana, walnut and maple muffins. Picture: iStock

Ingredients

  • 100g sultanas
  • 100g coconut oil, melted
  • 1 cup maple syrup
  • 2 eggs
  • 6 ripe bananas, 4 mashed, 2 finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 265g white spelt flour
  • 2 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 vanilla pod, split, seeds scraped
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 150g walnuts, finely chopped

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Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Line 15 holes of two 12-hole 80ml (1/3-cup) muffin pans with muffin cases.
  2. Place sultanas and 2 cups (500ml) boiling water in a heatproof bowl for 5 minutes to soften. Drain and rinse under cold water.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk oil, 2/3 cup (165ml) maple syrup, eggs, mashed banana, milk and sultanas until combined. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, vanilla seeds, allspice and 1/2 teaspoon salt flakes. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir to combine. Divide batter between prepared pans. Sprinkle with walnut and chopped banana. Bake for 25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into a muffin comes out clean.
  4. Meanwhile, place remaining 1/3-cup (80ml) maple syrup in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to the boil. Drizzle over muffins as they come out of oven. Set aside to cool before serving.

This recipe was found on delicious.com.au

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