Vegan Banana Nut Muffins

I loved the vegan muffins I used to get every Wednesday and Saturday this past summer, and I have been searching endlessly for a recipe that closely resembles their vegan banana nut muffins (they were TO DIE FOR!!!!) And…. I’ve *finally* found it!! Enjoy! 🙂

Ingredients

• 1 batch of flax egg (1 Tbsp of the flax egg mixed with 2 Tbsp of water, let sit for a minute or two)
• 3-4 medium extremely ripe bananas (recipe calls for 3, I use 4)
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1/4 cup coconut sugar OR cane sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 1/2 tbsp maple syrup
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
• 1 1/4 cup almond meal
• 1 1/4 cup of oat flour
• 1 1/4 cup oats
• 1 cup of chopped walnuts
• extra coconut sugar, cane sugar or brown sugar to sprinkle on top (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 and align a 12 cup tray with baking cups.
2. Mash the bananas in a large mixing bowl then add the flax egg, baking powder, & baking soda. Mix/mash until small chunks of the bananas remain.
3. Whisk in the vanilla, olive oil, coconut/cane sugar, brown sugar, maple syrup, & salt. Add almond milk in slowly and whisk each time until the mixture is liquid.
4. Whisk in the almond meal, oat flour, and oats to make the mixture more solid. Then, fold in the walnuts.
5. Fill each muffin tin with the mixture until there is none left.
6. (OPTIONAL) Sprinkle coconut, cane or brown sugar on top of each muffin before baking.
7. Place the muffin tray in the oven for 28-35 minutes. Let cool for around 5 minutes. Enjoy!