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:
Alta says
Elana, I might just HAVE to bake these! They sound so good.
Nancy says
Made these on Thursday morning – yes before school and (My 3 little boys gobbled them up and took a few in the car on the way to school) had to make them again Saturday morning! We had trouble waiting for them to cool they were so yummy! Thanks!!!
Laura C says
I just made your Almond Flour Banana – Blueberry muffins from the original cookbook but substituted walnuts for the blueberries. Fabulous! I always sub out the agave and use Stevia or Xylatol (i.e. Zero) and Coconut Palm Sugar (not quite as low glycemic as Stevia at none but pretty low). Add some applesauce if needed for liquid.
At this point there is no baking we don’t do that is not in one of your two cookbooks or blog! Couldn’t live without you – thanks!
OliviaScotland says
I made these recently and wow are they good! I missed out the stevia, but substituted a tspn of cinnamon into the recipe, and they were truly delicious and disappeared very rapidly with positive comments from everyone who had one – thank you so much!
Kelly says
I’m vegan, do you think this would work with flax instead of egg? Or perhaps applesauce?
Cheryl says
Can I substitute almond flour instead of the coconut flour? I am trying to only buy ingredients that I use on a regular basis to fit into our monthly budget. :) Thanks Elana, your recipes are SO delicious and easy!
Samara says
Coconut flour and almond flour are very different – coconut flour absorbs many times more liquid that almond flour. You could give it a try though!
Laura C says
Once the new cupcake cookbook came out I was thrilled b/c it is so much easier to get coconut than real almond flower. It also uses very little in each batch. I think you will find that it is a good investment.
Julie Paterson says
Elana,
I just had to tell you your website is amazing! I follow a grain-free, sugar-free, dairy-free diet to keep my colitis in control. Every recipe I have made from your website has turned out great and my husband can’t get enough of your recipes! The asparagus salad is my fav right now (asparagus is in season at the farm by my place here in Canada). Sooo yummy! I’ll definitely be ordering your cookbooks! Thanks for sharing all your amazing recipes!
Ruthie Selch says
Does someone know how many this makes??
Claudia says
I managed to squeeze out eight. Swapped the walnuts for an equal amount of grated coconut (lightly toasted). They’re cooling on the rack as we speak…
Carly R says
I got 10 small muffins out of it
marla says
Seriously when I visit your blog it is EXACTLY how I like to cook & bake. Wonderful to see someone who speaks the same language. These muffins look awesome.
Gonna go check out the agave debate now….
Moi says
Elana, your recipe for almond butter brownies is my family’s favorite!! I even let my kiddos eat some for breakfast!!!…. Shhhhh don’t tell anyone!!(;