Banana Bean Muffins
Banana Bean Muffins
Servings 12
Ingredients
- 1 cup white beans drained and rinsed (Trader Joe's Great Northern)
- 2 over-ripe medium bananas
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup firmly packed brown sugar
- ¼ cup yogurt
- ⅛ cup olive or canola oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups whole wheat flour or 1 cup white and 1 cup wheat
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅛ teaspoon salt optional, but I added it
- 1½ teaspoons cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger optional
- ½ cup walnuts pecans or chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 12 muffin cups.
- In a food processor, process beans with 1-2 tablespoons of water to make a puree. Add bananas, eggs, brown sugar, yogurt, oil and vanilla. Puree until smooth.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and ginger (if using). Add salt if desired.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix to make a thick batter.
- Fold in nuts and/or chocolate chips.
- Spoon batter into muffin cups and put in the oven.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out with moist crumbs.
