gluten free muffin recipe

Gluten free banana walnut muffins made with almond flour.

If you’ve been on the hunt for a tasty gluten free muffin recipe, you have to give my new banana walnut chocolate chip muffins a try! I developed this recipe while trying to find ways to use almond flour as a substitute for wheat. I’ve tried a few of the almond flour muffin recipes that are available out there, but I wasn’t really happy with the texture of any of them (I found them all quite soggy), so I decided to make my own.

This super-tasty gluten free muffin recipe is packed with protein and also has a fabulous texture, as long as it is baked long enough; I find if it’s not baked long enough it does pick up that soggy texture characteristic of a lot of other almond flour recipes.

Banana Walnut Chocolate Chip Gluten Free Muffin Recipe

 Ingredients:

  • 3 cups almond flour
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 ½ tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp flax meal
  • 3 large ripe bananas, mashed
  • 3 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 tbsp maple syrup
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • ¾ cup dark chocolate chips
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350. Line a 12 cup muffin tray with paper liners.
  2. In a large bowl, combine almond flour, salt, baking soda, flax meal and cinnamon and until well mixed. Set aside.
  3. In another large bowl, combine mashed bananas, oil, vanilla and maple syrup.
  4. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients in two parts.
  5. Fold in nuts and chocolate chips.
  6. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, all the way to the top. Bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until the tops are browned and a toothpick inserted into the centre of a muffin comes out clean. Allow muffins to cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Carefully remove muffins from the pan and allow them to cool completely on a cooling rack.

Variations:

Want a more kid-friendly version of this gluten free muffin recipe? Try substituting milk chocolate chips for the dark chocolate, or try a decadent triple chocolate blend of ¼ cup milk chocolate chips, ¼ cup white chocolate chips and ¼ cup dark chocolate chips!

If you like this recipe, be sure to check out my other healthy eating recipes, too!

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