This is another creation from this morning. Avery was up at 4:30am, so I figured we may as well make the most of it. She was almost out of her pumpkin pancakes, so I decided to make muffins and scones.
I keep a big bag of black bananas in my fridge, always. It was getting a little full, so I looked for something to make with bananas. I came across the chunky monkey muffins and thought I would give it a whirl.
The recipe calls for coconut sugar, and I substituted raw, local, honey. Coconut sugar is not sustainable. Once you tap a tree for coconut sugar it can no longer bear fruit. If you are interested in more info on coconut sugar, click here. Honey is a great substitute in this recipe, and I will substitute honey where it will work.
The muffins get 3/3 stars! Woooo!! Avery ate them, my husband ate them, and of course I did too. There is rarely a recipe I make that I dont like. LOL
Ingredients
- ½ cup coconut flour
- ½ cup tapioca flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup butter, melted
- ½ cup coconut sugar I used 1/2 cup of honey
- 1 cup mashed bananas, from ~2 medium bananas my bananas looked small so I used 2 1/2
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract just wing it ;-)
- 4 eggs
- ½ cup chocolate chips - or maybe a few extra - we use the mini chips
- ½ cup walnuts, chopped
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a standard muffin tin with paper liners.
- In a large bowl, whisk together coconut flour, tapioca flour, and baking soda. I just mix them in my measuring cup. No point messing up extra dishes
- In another large bowl, whisk together butter, sugar, bananas, vanilla extract, and eggs. I used my kitcheaid
- Whisk the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
- Gently fold in the chocolate chips and walnuts. Divide batter among the lined muffin cups.
- Bake until the muffins have puffed and the edges have slightly browned, about 20-25 minutes. I baked them probably closer to 25 minutes
Original recipe from:http://www.health-bent.com/treats/paleo-banana-nut-chocolate-chip-muffins
Hope you enjoy!
Happy Baking!!
JoJo!!
It's been a long time, and I have some catching up to do!! Its not that I have not been baking and trying out new recipes, I have just been super lazy and not written about them, and shared them! So here I am, back on track.
I made these scones this morning, and I have to say, I was skeptical. I have an absolutely amazing scone recipe (pre-paleo) that is always very very popular. I didn't want to be disappointed. When I made the batter, it looked like goop, but I have to say, they baked up quite nicely. (I have already eaten 3, so they must be tasty ;-) LOL) I added a lot more frozen fruit than the recipe called for, a few of my scones we soggy, but just as tasty. I think my frozen strawberries were just too big.
Look at me getting all fancy with my China plate for pictures ;-) LOL
The recipe so far only has 1/3 stars. My husband won't eat them because of the fruit, and I have not bothered giving them to Avery so far :-0
Super easy recipe, not a lot of ingredients, and cooking time is quick (although I broiled mine at the end for a few extra minutes to brown the tops)
Ingredients:
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2.5 cups of almond flour
- 1/2 tsp sea salt - one of the ingredients I never measure
- 2 eggs
- 4 tablespoons honey or other natural sweetener or 4 dates, pureed I used honey
- 1/3 cup melted butter or ghee I used butter, scones = butter
- 1/2 cup fresh or frozen berries I probably used over a cup, but I like lots of fruit
Directions:
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Preheat oven to 350. Grease a baking sheet with butter or coconut oil.
- In a medium bowl, mix together dry ingredients.
- In a separate bowl, whisk eggs until combined. Add melted butter, and honey.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients.
- Fold in berries.
- Drop ¼ cup of dough onto the baking sheet, shape into triangle shapes. this was a little messy
- Bake 15 minutes.
Ta Da! Your scones are done! super simple! I am looking forward to my coffee and scone tomorrow morning... oh wait, I Crossfit in the morning. I will have my coffee and scone for lunch!!
Hope you enjoy them as much as I did, and you can go without eating 3 by noon ;-)
Happy Baking!
JoJo!!
