Irresistible Vegan Banana Muffins with Sweet Apple Chunks
- Updated on Jan 15, 2016
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Kat’s done it again!
After insisting to Howie and myself that vegan, and therefore eggless snacks are far more than an equal to just your standard veggie ones, she took it upon herself to prove it to be true.
And she really did.
These irresistible vegan banana muffins with sweet apple chunks are the real deal – they taste awesome and are on the totally well-behaved end of the healthy spectrum.
That’s some pretty sexy muffins.
You’ll be pleased to hear they’re very easy to make too – all you need to do is chop an apple, mix it with the other ingredients, and chuck the resulting eggless mixture into a muffin tray and bake for fifteen minutes.
Done!
Healthy Banana Muffins – Know Your Sugar
For obvious reasons, sugar gets a lot of bad press. And rightly so. It causes many problems, not least obesity and heart disease (1).
But not all sugar is the same. Taking it from fruits brings many great benefits – it’s the added sugar we need to worry about (2).
So how do we make that work for us?
Use bananas to make things sweet! Brown bananas get really sugary and make a great natural sweetener – so sweet in fact they can be used instead of sugar.
We use them in several recipes already – our two ingredient pancakes for example – and it works a treat.
A very handy trick is to let a few bananas go brown, then throw them in the freezer.
When you need one for a recipe, take it out, let it soften for a bit and you’re sorted. A ready supply of natural sugar.
Before you rush off to try these mega muffins I’d like to shout out over to Christine from Vermilion Roots!
She’s a great blogger with some lovely recipes. Have a look!
Equipment
- Muffin cups (not necessary but makes the cleaning of the muffin tray a lot easier)
Ingredients
- 1 apple (no need to peel)
- 2 ripe banana (more ripe = more sweet, bananas going brown are best!)
- 1 cup wholegrain flour
- ¾ cup rolled oats
- 6 tbsp olive oil
- 8 tbsp soy milk
- 2 tbsp maple syrup (good news – if your bananas are really sweet you won’t even need this! Keep a supply of brown bananas in the freezer)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
Optional
- coconut flakes
- chopped nuts (e.g. almonds, hazelnuts)
- dried fruit
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/390F
- Wash the apple, cut out the core and dice (no need to peel ‘cos most of the goodies are in the skin) and throw them into a large mixing bowl.
- Peel the bananas and mash and mix them with the apple pieces in the bowl. Now add all the other ingredients (throw the optionals in at this point too) and mix well (Kat found it easiest with a big wooden spoon but you can also use a hand mixer, or even just your hands).
- Then fill the muffin tray evenly with the mixture and sprinkle some toppings on top for decoration (if required).
- Bake for 15-20 min and enjoy!
NOTES
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Tasty,easy and loved by the teens thank you – I used golden syrup instead of maple as was out and was still good
Ah, thats awesome to hear!!
These were pretty tasty. I followed the recipe almost exactly (a tablespoon of honey instead of maple syrup, though). Great for quarantine baking after we ran out of eggs! They were kind of raw inside, though, after 21-22 minutes of baking, wish I had left them in an extra 10 minutes.
Thanks for the tip, Lindsay! Glad you liked them anyway 🙂
Wish I could edit the rating. I realized my baking powder expired in 2018 so that might have been the issue, lol! Will definitely try this again when I can replace my baking powder.
Oh dear!! Thanks for getting back to us though, I’m sure the second time will be better 🙂
These muffins were truly amazing and delicious. Even my picky 8 year old was enjoying it. I just made them today and I can’t wait to make these again!
Wahey! Very happy to hear it, Jessica. Especially that the little one enjoys them too, that must be a win :). Thanks for writing!
Muffins were mushy but I cut them in half and put in the air fryer after for about 6 minutes and they were the best!!!
Oh! Well, it sounds like you saved them, Heather! Great stuff. Glad you enjoyed 🙂
Hi! I made thes tonight and they came out. ” da bomb ” I used walnuts and a sprinkled cinnamin on top didnt have a muffin sheet, so I used my loaf pan still came out great. Will keep this reciept handle… Thanks
These are wonderful! I live that i dont have to use eggs or milk to bake! Question: Could I sun 2 Tbsp of applesauce for 2 Tbsp of olive oil?
Hi Carrie, and very happy to hear you liked them so much! I would say yes, you could certainly swap in the applesauce for oil. While I haven’t tried it in this recipe, I have with other muffins and they were great. I would definitely try it! 🙂
Another fab recipe from these innovative guys! Thank you, these are truly yummy, will have them on standby – always!
Thank you Paddy! Very glad you enjoyed them and we really appreciate your support! It makes us happy to know people are out there enjoying the recipes 🙂