Almond Butter Banana Bread Muffins

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Love banana bread? You’re going to love our almond butter banana bread muffins! These healthy muffins are made with 100% whole grains, 2 ripe bananas, coconut oil, and all-natural sugar from coconut sugar! Happy Friday, friends! We’re so glad you stopped by Fit Foodie Finds to scoop up this epic banana bread muffin recipe. Since some of you may be new to FFF, I thought I’d let you know that we love taking classic recipes and making them a little bit healthier. For example, banana bread is typically made with canola oil, white flour, and white/brown sugar…but we swapped those ingredients out with coconut oil, white whole wheat flour, and coconut sugar. Don’t worry, we didn’t sacrifice the flavor with these swaps…it still tastes like the real deal! So, clearly, we’re huge fans of banana bread and can’t wait for you to try this specific recipe. The almond butter makes them super moist and a little nutty, which is just the way I like my nanner bread! Of, how could I forget? I also prefer my loaf and muffin recipes to be fluffy as can be! These healthy banana bread muffins will puff up to be delicious, dense muffins that are a perfect snack or breakfast for any time of year. Ingredients

Healthy Banana Bread Muffin Ingredients

Good news for you is that these easy banana bread muffins don’t call for too many ingredients. And, it’s likely that you have all of these staples at home! Check it out–
  • almond butter
  • eggs
  • banana
  • vanilla
  • almond milk
  • coconut oil
  • white whole wheat flour
  • coconut sugar

Ingredient Substitutions

I’d like to talk about substitutions for a second! We get a lot of questions about ingredients substitutions and I thought I’d give some pointers.
  • white whole wheat flour: If you’re hoping to sub another flour other than white whole wheat, I wouldn’t suggest subbing anything other than normal whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour or a gluten-free flour blend. Flours such as coconut flour or almond flour are not a good substitution for white whole wheat flour because those are nut based, grain-based!
  • Coconut oil: If you’re hoping to sub something else for the coconut oil, you can try canola oil! OR you can even try omitting. Since there is a lot of mashed banana in this recipe, that might work too (however we haven’t tested it),
  • Eggs: If you want to make this recipe vegan, we have not tested this with flax eggs, but that is what I would do if I wanted to swap the eggs for something else!
  • Coconut sugar: The only thing I’ve found to work close to a 1:1 sub with coconut sugar, is brown sugar! Again, I haven’t tested that…but if I were to use any other sugar in this recipe…brown sugar is what I would use!
Healthy Muffins I know that a lot of you are HUGE banana bread fans because both our Coconut Oil Banana Bread recipe and Chocolate Chocolate Chip Banana Bread recipe are fan favorites. I mean, made weekly by you guys! So? If you’re looking to turn this moist banana bread muffin recipe into a loaf…here’s how you do it!

How to Turn These Muffins into a Loaf

  • Step 1: Preheat oven at 350ºF and make the batter exactly like you would for these muffins. Option to add chocolate chips if you want to get wild ๐Ÿ˜€
  • Step 2: Spray a bread pan with nonstick cooking spray. Then, pour the batter into the loaf pan.
  • Step 3: Bake at 350ºF for about 40-50 minutes or until cooked all the way through.
  • Step 4: Let cool for about 15 minutes before removing from loaf pan. Let cool completely before slicing.
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4.86 from 7 votes

Almond Butter Banana Bread Muffins

Love banana bread? You’re going to love our almond butter banana bread muffins! These healthy muffins are made with 100% whole grains, 2 ripe bananas, coconut milk, and all-natural sugar from coconut sugar!
Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 16 minutes
Total: 36 minutes
Servings: 12
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Ingredients 

Wet Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup all-natural almond butter, drippy
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 large ripe bananas, ~1 cup mashed
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
  • 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil

Dry Ingredients

Instructions 

  • First, preheat oven to 350ºF and line a muffin tin with muffin liners OR spray with coconut oil cooking spray. Set aside.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together dry ingredients. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together all wet ingredients minus the melted coconut oil. Then transfer dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix until combined.
  • Finally, add in melted coconut oil and give the batter a final mix.
  • Transfer batter into muffin tin, filling each muffin about 2/3 of the way full.
  • Bake muffins at 350ºF for 16-18 minutes or until fully cooked.

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Nutrition

Calories: 196 kcal, Carbohydrates: 24 g, Protein: 5 g, Fat: 9 g, Fiber: 3 g, Sugar: 12 g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Lee is the founder of Fit Foodie Finds and based in Minneapolis, MN. She started this website in 2010 as a way to share her love for real food and wellness. The internet has changed so much since then and so has Fit Foodie Finds. Today we're a female-run recipe website publishing hundreds of tried and true recipes developed and tested by our team.

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Leigha @ The Yooper Girl
July 2, 2014 2:19 pm

Brown bananas will become your best friend and they will take over your life. And yes, nut butter is key. Key to my heart.

ps creeper moment: the banana in the back of the first pic is the same banana as in the soft serve recipe. BUT it’s less ripe. Does that mean you made the soft serve AFTER you made the muffins, yet posted the soft serve first?! I could never do that. My OCD would never let me. Hope you are enjoying Oregon!!!!

Tanner
Tanner
July 1, 2014 9:47 pm

Looks amazing! I’m going to make these for breakfast tomorrow :). I just wanted to clarify the egg parts. So it’s one whole egg plus 2 eggs of just the whites? Thanks! ๐Ÿ™‚

Tanner
Tanner
July 2, 2014 12:01 pm
Reply to  Lee Funke

Thanks! They were delicious! I even had some blueberries kickin’ around. ๐Ÿ˜›

Tanner
Tanner
July 3, 2014 6:16 pm
Reply to  Lee Funke

I got 12!

Polly @ Tasty Food Project
July 1, 2014 12:17 pm

I like my bananas extra ripe too!! These look so amazing and I’m sure I’ll love them! Almond butter is one of my favorite nut butters! ๐Ÿ™‚

Millie l Add A Little
July 1, 2014 11:50 am

Here looks so moist and delicious! Definitely pinned!
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Brittany
July 1, 2014 9:28 am

These look awesome. I want one right meow.

Marisa @ Uproot from Oregon
July 1, 2014 9:07 am

These look awesome – I want to stuff 3 in my mouth with extra drippy almond butter! I am curious what you mean when you say you’ll be lounging on the Oregon coast – haha – I hope the weather is cooperating for you and you have sunshine and salt water taffy galore!

Hannah @ CleanEatingVeggieGirl
July 1, 2014 8:36 am

I have an boatload of almond butter in my pantry (horrible problem right?) so I think I know what I need to do with it! ๐Ÿ˜‰ Do you think I could sub in apple sauce in place of the yogurt and use a flax egg to make them vegan? Maybe I’ll just have to try it and let you know!

Livi @ Eat, Pray, Work it Out
July 1, 2014 4:52 am

I love banana recipes for the same reason! Most of the sweetness comes right from those bananas!!

Arman @ thebigmansworld
July 1, 2014 4:09 am

Why you always on vay-cay-hay-hay?

I might need to stop following you on instagram. I’m getting jelly. Not the edible kind.

Now these muffins…I can see them for breakfast with a side of cheese. Yep, standard.

Lauren
July 1, 2014 3:50 am

It really is time I got myself some coconut sugar! Gluten free muffins with banana, cinnamon and almond butter – hello!
I hope you are having a fabulous holiday ๐Ÿ™‚

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