This date-sweetened, gluten-free muffin recipe is easy to make and super healthy. It’s also incredibly delicious! I serve it to the boys for breakfast with scrambled eggs, or as an after school snack. I love gluten-free baked goods made with healthy flours such as almond, coconut, or flax meal. I’m especially fond of treats that are sweetened with fruit, rather than honey or maple syrup. The great thing about using fruit as a sweetener is that it comes with fiber, which slows down the absorption of sugars.
Enjoy these fruit sweetened muffins made from coconut flour!
Banana Walnut Muffins
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- 2 medium bananas
- 3 dates (remove pits)
- 10 drops stevia
- ¼ cup coconut flour
- ¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup walnuts, toasted and chopped
Instructions
- Place eggs, oil, bananas, dates and stevia in a vitamix; blend on medium speed until combined
- Add in coconut flour, salt and baking soda and blend until smooth
- Fold in walnuts
- Scoop ¼ cup batter into a paper lined muffin pan
- Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes (my batch took exactly 23 minutes; all ovens are slightly different)
- Cool and serve
Equipment
These muffins will come out just as well when made without the walnuts. Then, you’ve got a great gluten-free, nut-free breakfast recipe! Lately loads of readers have been letting me know that they have nut allergies. If you can’t eat nuts, check out my Nut-Free Recipes page!
Here are some other nut-free Paleo muffin recipes:
Hope says
Thanks for reposting this! I did miss it, and I use Stevia all of the time.
I checked out the coconut waffle recipe. Looks so yummy, but I don’t have a waffle maker, bummer.
Ali says
Mmm! Those look delicious Elana! A perfect breakfast to go with a large cup of green smoothie. -Ali :)
Ragnhild says
mmhm, they look so good!! Im not sure where I stand with agave at the moment, and I try to stick to maple sirup for now.
Tracey says
Consider substituting coconut syrup for Agave (as I do). It is a very healthy, low glycemic index sweetener (35 on the scale). I use all of the coconut products for low carb cooking so I was very happy to find these recipes by Elana. You can get the syrup at iherb.com, where I get loads of healthy products for a lot cheaper than the local health food store or online (try Coconut Secrets brand raw syrup, they also have raw coconut flour and “sugar” crystals made of raw coconut, too). BTW – Nutiva has 3 lbs. coconut flour for about $11. I have a coupon to get $5 or $10 off your first order plus free shipping ($5 off a $20 order or $10 off a $40 order). Just type in RAC867 when you check out or use this link to the syrup and it will do it for you http://iherb.com/p/24095?rcode=rac867.
Isabelle says
Thank you Elana
off to check that waffle link
isa
Amy K says
Just made these, they’re in the oven now. The batter is delicious! Many thanks!
liz schau, holistic health counselor says
Sounds great, Elana! Will definitely link these to my clients with thyroid disease. Coconut flour is so wonderful. :)
C Cody says
I found these were so naturally sweet, I did not need the addition
of stevia or any other sweetner. Loved them <3
Johanna says
Thanks for posting this comment. I haven’t enjoyed the taste of stevia (and it may just be I need to find a better one like astraya) and was just wondering if I could leave it out. I think I’ll try it without!
Lindsay says
I agree. I did not care for the taste of stevia, until I completely went low carb (20g carbs/day) for a week and gradually added carbs back (including fruit). Now that I don’t eat sugar on a regular basis (including fruit), I like stevia. I also discovered that stevia sweetness is a VERY fine line between sweetness and bitter (IMO). My bottle says a serving is 3 or 4 drops, but I do not care for more than 2 in my coffee. Also, I love stevia with HEAVY cream in my coffee rather than half and half. I don’t know why but I feel like the added fat really helps the stevia flavor. Try the recipe with half the drops and start from there. Or you could try using a couple more dates? I’m making these right now with 5 drops plus an extra date, so I will let you know!
Carly R says
I wish I had left the stevia out too, because they were too sweet for me.
Lynne says
Thanks for posting this recipe. I have found that agave does not agree with me so I’m constantly looking at the recipes you post and trying other sweetners — Brown Rice Syrup, Coconut Syrup, Stevia. I will definitely give this one a go.
Melissa says
The issue is generally the coconut products that might cause issues with stomach upset as coconut has a natural mild laxitive effect.
Beth says
I have made this muffin recipe many times since you first posted it. The batch seems to mysteriously disappear within a short time – although no one wants to admit they ate the last one ;)
Danielle says
Hi, how many does it make?? Thanks!
Darcy says
Using 1/4 cup, I got 11 muffins.
Bailee says
Followed recipe exactly, except used 1 tbsp. of honey instead of stevia (I can’t stand the taste of stevia). Used regular sized muffin tin. I only got 8 muffins. Love this recipe!!
Lisa Stafford says
When you made this, did you use green bananas, ripe bananas, or very ripe bananas? I look forward to making it very soon. Thanks.