Description
Delicious banana ricotta muffins made with ripe bananas, creamy ricotta and chocolate chips, then baked until the tops are golden. A perfect healthy breakfast or snack.
Ingredients
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- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ¾ cup canola oil
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup ricotta cheese
- ½ cup milk
- 1 medium ripe banana, mashed
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400F. Grease and prepare a 12 muffin tin.
- Mix the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt together in a large bowl.
- Whisk the canola oil, eggs, milk and vanilla extract together in a medium sized bowl. Gently mix in the ricotta and mashed banana.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients in three additions, mixing until just combined. Don't over mix the batter.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Divide the batter evenly between the 12 muffin tins.
- Put the tray in the oven and immediately decrease the temperature to 375F. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
Notes
- You can substitute the canola oil with avocado, sunflower, coconut or olive oil, but the flavor of the oil will come through a bit in the muffins.
- You don't need the highest quality ricotta cheese, any type will taste just as good.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: muffins, breakfast
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 367
- Sugar: 25.6g
- Sodium: 29.6mg
- Fat: 19.8g
- Saturated Fat: 4.4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14.7g
- Trans Fat: 0.1g
- Carbohydrates: 44.8g
- Fiber: 1.7g
- Protein: 5.5g
- Cholesterol: 35mg