Healthy Date Sugar Muffins
Healthy date sugar muffins light on sweetness but heavy on tropical flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup white whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 large over-ripe banana, mashed
- 1 ripe honey mango or champagne mango peeled, very finely chopped
- ½ cup date sugar
- 6 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup milk of your choice
- 2 teaspoons banana extract or coconut extract or vanilla
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
Instructions
- Heat oven 425F. Line muffin tin with paper liners.
- In medium bowl, whisk both flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg; set aside.
- In large bowl, combine banana, mango, date sugar, coconut oil, egg, milk, extract and chia seeds; blend well. Add dry ingredients and blend just until dry ingredients are moistened.
- Divide batter evenly among 6 bakery style muffin cups.
- Bake for 5 minutes and then turn down oven to 350F. Bake 15 to 17 minutes or until wooden pick comes out clean.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
Notes
Optional additions to the batter.
½ cup chopped nuts in muffin batter or sprinkled on top
½ cup golden raisins for added sweetness
additional date sugar sprinkled on top of muffin batter
Nutrition
Calories: 335kcalCarbohydrates: 46gProtein: 6gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 12gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 29mgSodium: 489mgPotassium: 196mgFiber: 3gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 444IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 85mgIron: 2mg
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