Description
These healthy banana date oat muffins will quickly become a staple in your kitchen. Made with oatmeal, banana, dates, cinnamon and some brown sugar for sweetness, these muffins are hearty and delicious with every bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/4 cup dates
- 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup steel cut oats
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2/3 cup butter, melted and slightly cooled
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 banana, mashed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400F. Grease a 12 muffin tin or line with muffin liners.
- Soak the dates in hot water (not boiling water — just hot water from the tap is fine). Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix the flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt together.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the melted butter and brown sugar together. Beat in the egg and milk. Mix in the mashed banana until well combined.
- Once the dates have been soaking for about 10-15 minutes, remove and dry them. Then roughly chop them into chunks.
- Gradually add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mixing only until just combined. Gently fold in the dates.
- Evenly divide the batter into 12 muffin tins. As soon as you place the muffins in the oven, reduce the temperature to 350F. Bake for 20-25 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
Notes
- You can use regular rolled oats instead of steel cut oats if that is what you prefer. I just like the texture of the steel cut oats best in these muffins.
- Store leftovers in a sealed container in the fridge for up to a week.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Muffins
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 270
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 189mg
- Fat: 12.2g
- Saturated Fat: 6.9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3.9g
- Trans Fat: 0.4g
- Carbohydrates: 38.2g
- Fiber: 3.4g
- Protein: 4.6g
- Cholesterol: 43.8mg