Carrot Banana Muffins
These are so yummy and can double as a breakfast or dessert. Just bake and then have a grab and go meal for weeks!
Ingredients
- 2 cups blanched almond flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon celtic sea salt
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 cup dates, pitted
- 3 ripe bananas
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- 1 ½ cups carrots, shredded
- ¾ cup walnuts, finely chopped
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine almond flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon
- In a food processor, combine dates, bananas, eggs, vinegar and oil
- Transfer mixture to a large bowl
- Blend dry mixture into wet until thoroughly combined
- Fold in carrots and walnuts
- Spoon mixture into paper lined muffin tins
- Bake at 350° for 25 minutes
Makes 18 muffins
27 Responses to “Carrot Banana Muffins”
Doesn’t take too much time to make, and are well worth making. They satisfy that sweet tooth some of us may have. I just started this diet a couple of days ago and this is a great snack or breakfast! I didn’t have apple cider vinegar so I just used lemon juice and they came out great. I also didn’t use the dates.
Instead of dates you could use raisins. I think the next time I make these I might add some crushed pineapple (unsweetened of course). These muffins are very good, and very definitely help the sweet tooth.
So far one of our favorites!
I know this sounds like a dumb question, but what is blanched almond flour? I know what almond flour is, but what is blanched?
Blanched almonds are just a way to prepare them and take off the husk. I’m sure it’s just flour that has been blanched before it was milled (some people do it themselves).
I ignore this and just use whatever almond flour i can find.
I suggest freezing and then thawing out the bananas, when your done its like they are really ripe and the are super easy to mix in due to their consistency.
These were awesome! I was wondering do you have a nutritional break down per muffin? I am trying to track what I am eating. Thanx
I’m a member of Crossfitwilmington, and was turned on to your website by a fellow member of our gym. I’ve tried a lot of the recipes and love them all…but this was by far the best. Perfect post-workout meal. I have 2 kids that loved them also (I told them it was carrot cake)
These are great! My bananas weren’t super ripe but still delicious. I ended up making 17 with mine. And, I used .5 cups of raisins and 2 dates.
The following is the nutritional info per muffin for my way: Calories: 190, Fat: 13.8 g, Sat. fat: 3.8 g, Sodium – 303 mg, Carb: 12.7g, Fiber: 2.8 g., I think the sugar was about 6g, Protein: 5.2g
Hope that is helpful!!
My 6 year old son told me these were the best muffins he had ever eaten. Of course, my 4 year old wouldn’t touch them. Go figure. These are very good.
These were amazing! My 11-year old loves them.
Careful though, I estimate these to be nearly 200 cal per muffin, with about 10g fat, 15g carb, 5g protein.
Since this recipe makes 18 muffins ~ what is considered a serving?
We usually eat 2-3 at a time. It would be easy to go through them all though, so be careful.
These are incredible!
Can these be eaten while trying to lose weight? They seem too fattening.
I don’t recommend eating 7 or 8, but 2-3, while they are calorically dense, are probably fine. Keep in mind, you’ll lose more weight cutting our simple sugars and carbs than healthy fats (but it’s easy to over do it with nuts and things like this, so use moderation).
These are awesome! And it’s the kind of food you can serve to people and say, “Yeah… this is my diet.” =)
My wife and I are losing a lot of weight right now on the Paleo Plan so we aren’t too concerned about whether or not eating a couple of these muffins will slow us down any. I do know that we won’t be able to finish all 18 before they go stale, which is terribly unfortunate.
could you use coconut flour instead?
I’m not sure if Coconut Flour would work or not. It’s generally much more course and it may not work. But if you try it, please let us know how it goes.
I added flaxseed meal for the omega-3s – tasted great!
If you are concerned about not eating them all before they go stale, try freezing them.
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these muffins are great and super easy to make.I added 1/4 c unsweetened shredded coconut (organic) it added a nice flavor.
These muffins are really good! A lot like banana nut muffins.
I used raisins and they were very good.
It was my first time using coconut oil. I had to look up how to incorporate it. For others of you who are new… I measured out the right amount of oil and then microwaved it since it was a solid. Just warm a few seconds at a time until melted. It may be obvious to some, but there were no instructions on the recipe.
The second time I made these muffins I used 1 cup almond flour and 1 cup almond meal and they came out even better! Thanks for the recipe I was getting tired of eggs.
Wow, these tasted sooooo good! Proof that you don’t need refined sugar, dairy, or grains to make a decent bread-like product. I replaced the coconut oil with flax seed oil to make them healthier (less saturated fat, more omega 3) and they turned out great! It only made 8 muffins though… perhaps I just have a huge muffin tin…
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