Sugar Free Vegan Banana Muffins

Happy New Year! While I am not big on New Year's resolutions, I did make two. One is to stop spending so much time on Facebook. It's lame. The second is to eat less processed food. So, that means a lot less sugar and packaged food. Therefore, I made these no sugar added, whole wheat, low fat muffins! They are super easy to make. They're not super sweet and you can taste how good they are for you! They are quite satisfying. I'm not giving up baking with sugar, vegan, butter and all that good stuff completely. But, I'm trying to make a small change. We'll see what other stuff I come up with. Anyway, here's to a happy, healthy New Year!

What you need:

3 ripe bananas, mashed
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup flax meal
1/2 cup oats
 1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup oats

 What to do:

In a small bowl, mash the bananas with a fork. Mix in the applesauce.
In a large bowl mix all of the dry ingredients. Then, stir in the banana and applesauce mix.
Fill the muffin pan about 3/4ths of the way full.
Bake for about 15-20 minutes.

Vegan French Toast

Do you want a topping for your french toast? Well I have two! First, there is a simple blueberry compote that is sweet and delicious! Then, there is my favorite, bananas sauteed with walnuts and brown sugar! Either one is delicious or you can make both! 

Ingredients for French Toast:

-Makes 2 servings-
4 slices of Bread
1/2 Ripe Banana
3/4 cup almond milk for regular sliced bread OR 1 cup almond milk for thicker sliced bread (the extra liquid keeps the bread from being dry in the center)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon sugar
vegan Butter for the pan

What to do:

In a medium bowl, mash the banana.
Whisk in milk, flour, and sugar.

In a large pan, melt about 1 teaspoon butter.
Dip both sides of the bread in the batter.
On medium heat cook the toast until lightly brown on each side.
That's all!

Ingredients for Sauteed Bananas:

1 banana sliced
1 teaspoon vegan butter
2 teaspoons brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup chopped walnuts

What to do:

On medium heat, melt butter in a pan.
Add in bananas.
Pour sugar and cinnamon over bananas and stir. Add in walnuts.
Stir occasionally for about 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and pour on top of french toast.
Serve with warm maple syrup and enjoy!

Ingredients for Blueberry Compote:

1/2 cup frozen blueberries
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch

What to do:

In a small saucepan on low heat add blueberries and sugar.
Stir occasionally for about 5 minutes.
Add in cornstarch.
Heat until it begins to boil.
Remove from heat.
Pour over french toast, you don't even need maple syrup!

Cinnamon Banana Coffee Cake

When I have bananas that are getting quite ripe, I almost always make the Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins. But, this time I wanted to switch it up. I designed a coffee cake recipe that is to die for. It's moist, sweet, and delicious!

Ingredients:

3 very ripe bananas
2 cups sifted whole wheat flour (sift flour before measuring)
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup sugar plus 1/2 cup
1/2 cup vegan butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
Egg replacer (equivalent to 2 eggs)
1 tablespoon cinnamon

What to do:

Preheat Oven to 325 degrees fareinheit.
In a small bowl mash bananas well with a fork.
In a medium bowl mix together sifted flour and baking soda.
In a large bowl cream together butter and 3/4 cup sugar for about 1 minute. Add in mashed bananas, then vanilla.
Slowly add in the flour mixture. Then add in egg replacer.
Mix until incorporated.
In a seperate bowl mix together 1/2 cup of sugar and cinnamon. Leave just about 1 tablespoon out.
In a greased bundt pan add half of the cake batter. Then pour the sugar-cinnamon mix evenly over the cake batter. Add the remaining cake batter on top of that.
Bake for about 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Cut the edges of the cake and flip over onto a plate. Sprinkle the remaining cinnamon-sugar mix on the top.

The Best Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

These muffins are delicious! My best friend and I baked these one day and I was hooked. They're so easy to make and they're so addictive. I haven't met one person who didn't like them!

Ingredients:

2 cups minus 2 tablespoons whole wheat flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
pinch of salt
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup vegetable or coconut oil
4 extremely ripe bananas mashed (no less or it will be dry!)
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup vegan chocolate chips (a lot of semi-sweet chocolate chips are generally vegan, but always read the ingredients!)
1 cup walnuts

Directions:

Preheat 350 degrees. Grease muffin tray.
In a small-medium bowl: mix flour, baking soda, and salt.
In a large bowl beat sugar and oil.
Add mashed bananas.
Mix in water and vanilla.
Mix in flour mixture.

Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.
Fill each muffin tray 2/3 way full.
Bake 20-25 minutes.