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Paleo Banana & Chocolate Chip Muffins-delicious!

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Living the Paleo lifestyle would be very hard for me if I wasn’t a baker! There is something very special and nourishing about eating something that has a bready consistency, particularly if it is warm and fresh out of the oven. Once you add the chocolate to it, I’m completely undone 🙂 Limiting grains in a Paleo diet does not mean that you need to avoid all baked goods such as muffins and cake and cookies. But it does mean that you need to get creative (or at least find a creative bakery in your area!). Fortunately, I love to bake which has made me a happy person, but also has made my husband and I happy parents. Sending our kiddos off to school with packed school lunches can definitely be a daily chore for a parent, but when you regularly bake, it helps to add a yummy sweet treat to their lunches to make them feel less different and more lucky! Check out this delicious (and nourishing) Banana & Chocolate Chip Muffin recipe– a perfect midday snack for you and wonderful complement to any school lunch!

 

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 Banana & Chocolate Chip Muffins (Paleo & Gluten-free)
These muffins are moist and delicious! The batter can be used for any basic baked good such as cupcakes, cake and layer cakes, banana bread, and so on-- the possibilities are endless! Just change out the flavor profile.
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Servings
Ingredients
  • 3/4 cup cassava flour
  • 1/3 cup tapioca starcgh
  • 1/3 cup potato starch or arrowroot powder
  • 1/2 cup ground flax you can buy ground flax or make your own by adding whole flax seeds to a blender.
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup hemp milk unsweetened
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 banana mashed
  • 1/4 cup chocolate chips you can make your own or buy naturally sweetened chocolate chips such as HU Kitchen or Lilly's chocolate chips
Servings
Ingredients
  • 3/4 cup cassava flour
  • 1/3 cup tapioca starcgh
  • 1/3 cup potato starch or arrowroot powder
  • 1/2 cup ground flax you can buy ground flax or make your own by adding whole flax seeds to a blender.
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup hemp milk unsweetened
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 banana mashed
  • 1/4 cup chocolate chips you can make your own or buy naturally sweetened chocolate chips such as HU Kitchen or Lilly's chocolate chips
healthy eating made simple with ayelet connell phd
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. Place baking cups in muffin tin.
  3. Add all dry ingredients into mixing bowl (not including chocolate chips) and mix until incorporated.
  4. In separate bowl, add all liquid ingredients (including mashed banana) and mix well using whisk until well incorporated.
  5. Add liquid mixture into dry mixture in mixing bowl and mix well on medium/low until well incorporated.
  6. Fold in chocolate chips.
  7. Using ice cream scooper, scoop batter into baking cups in muffin tin.
  8. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 23-25 minutes or until golden brown on top and toothpick test comes out clean.
  9. Let cool in tin and then on cooling rack and enjoy!!!