vegan banana and chia muffins

I made these muffins recently when I had a bunch of over ripe bananas and a large bag of chia seeds waiting to be used. I googled #vegan #banana #chia and found this recipe. Normally I'm not a huge fan of gluten free muffins, but these ones were good, and the kids LOVED them! They are super easy to make, and turned out nice and moist.

I substituted ground flax for ground almonds, and rice flour instead of tapioca flour, as I didn't have any on hand.

Vegan Banana and Chia Muffins

Author: Paleo With Mrs P

Recipe type: Breakfast, Snack, Treat, Kids

Serves: 10

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: 25 mins

Total time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 2tbsp Chia
• 4 ripe bananas (approx 650g)
• 1 cup almond butter
• 70g ground almonds
• 2 tbsp tapioca flour
• 2 tbsp maple syrup
• 1 tsp baking powder

Instructions

1. Pre-heat oven to 180 ° c
2. In to a large mixing bowl place your bananas and mash until smooth and gloopy
3. Add in your almond butter and mix thoroughly
4. Now fold in the tapioca flour, ground almonds and baking powder and combine
5. Add in the maple syrup and mix in
6. Add in the chia seeds, mix in and allow to stand for 3-4 minutes
7. In to a non stick muffin / cup cake pan place about 1.5tbsp mixture in to each and then place in to the oven for 25 minutes until they have risen and the tops are firm
8. They might still feel a little soft, but don't worry- as they cool they will firm up a lot
9. Allow to fully cool before taking out of the muffin pan and enjoy!