I thought we'd start this year's sweet recipe with a healthy one like this super healthy oats banana muffins that have no refined sugar, white flour or butter.
And they are super fluffy, moist, soft and of course.. super delicious!
Yep.
So, are you with me?
Healthier Option With Oats
If you haven't already, you might want to check out my super delicious banana chocolate muffins that many of you have made and loved so much.
Click here to see my banana chocolate muffins recipe
I use that same recipe as the base and modified it using healthier ingredients options. I'm not saying that the previous recipe is bad, not at all. This is just the healthier version of it.
So instead of white flour, I'm using oats flour.
Oats are amazing healthy food. They are good carbs, high in fibre and protein. They also help in lowering the blood pressure and cholesterol level.
Oats definitely fill you more than white flour.
How To Make Oat Flour
For this recipe I'm using store bought oat flour. Usually you can find it at the same aisle or section where they sell rolled oats.
I was restocking my bread flour the other day and thought what the heck, will simply buy some packets of oat flour while I was at it 😀
But if you don't feel like buying it, no worries. You can easily make it at home.
How?
Simply grind your rolled oats using your food processor into fine texture.
Yes, that's it!
But how much rolled oats will make how much oat flour?
Well, from what I've tried it's not really a 1:1 ratio.
1 cup rolled oats (90 gr) = almost ¾ cup fine texture oat flour (90 gr).
By fine texture I mean white flour texture. If you grind the oats coarser then you might get almost 1:1 ratio.
So if you're making your own oat flour, measure the oat flour after grinding. NOT before.
No Refined Sugar Or Butter
Yes, I'm not using any type of refined sugar in this recipe. Instead I'm using honey.
Honey always helps make your baked goods more moist, which is a super amazing.
I'm also using coconut oil instead of butter.
You can use other natural flavoured oil if you want. No problem at all.
There you go. Some tweaks here and there to make these healthy oats banana muffins. You can see for yourself that they are moist, soft and fluffy.
I hope you will give this super easy and delicious beauties a try.
In Summary
These healthy oats banana muffins:
- are high in fibre, protein with good carbs
- they fill you more than the typical muffins, making you eating less of them
- have no refined sugar
- are made from oat flour, not white flour
- c'mon.. they are SUPER DELICIOUS!
Before You Go
Do you like to bake with bananas? I do! Here are some of other delicious banana recipes that I have for you:
- Good old classic banana bread
- Chocolate banana bread
- Banana coffee cake
- Malaysian style banana fritters
- Banana waffles with dulce de leche
Recipe Video
Healthy Oats Banana Muffins (No Refined Sugar Or White Flour)
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup oats flour (230 g)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ tsp cinnamon powder
Wet Ingredients
- 3 ripe bananas
- ½ cup coconut oil (125 ml)
- ¼ cup honey (80 g)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs , room temperature
Others
- 1 cup chocolate chips (180 g)
- some more to sprinkle on top , optional
Instructions
- Add all of the dry ingredients into a bowl and mix well. Take 2 tbsp of flour mixture and add into a bowl containing chocolate chips. Mix well. Set aside.
- In a bowl, mash the bananas into a fine puree. Then add the rest of the wet ingredients and whisk just to combine.
- Add flour mixture into wet mixture and mix just until well combined. Finally add in chocolate chips mixture and give everything one last mix to combine.
- Scoop batter evenly into lined muffin tray of 12. Sprinkle some chocolate chips on top.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 400ºF (200ºC) for 18 minutes or until fully cooked. Leave for 10 minutes before transferring them on a rack to cool completely.
About Chocolate Chips
- Adjust the amount to your liking. Reduce it if you want. Instead of using additional chocolate chips, reserve some from your total amount to sprinkle on top.
- Or skip sprinkling some chocolate chips on top. Having them do make the muffins more fabulous 😉
How To Store
- Keep them in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.
- FREEZE: Place them on a tray and place in the freezer for 30 minutes. Remove and wrap them individually with a cling film. Put them in a ziplock bag and place them back in the freezer.
- DEFROST: Defrost at room temperature. Heat for a few seconds in the microwave to bring it back to life.
How to make without eggs?
I love this recipe so very much! I would definitely pick these over regular banana muffins (white flour and sugar ones). I added chopped walnuts and left out the cinnamon and vanilla essence, and I would really recommend this. I would also however ask you to check the serving measurements because I put in 8 muffins worth of ingredients and baked 11 hefty standard sized muffins. Love from India!
Glad that you loved them Urmi, thank you!
Hello, I just wanted to ask if you would recommend subbing the eggs for flax eggs?
Hi Angie! I've tried using flax eggs but personally for me, I didn't like the texture. It's doable though. Hope it helps.
These are great! I made them for my toddlers yesterday. While they may not pick these over a regular banana cupcake with white flour and sugar if they had a choice, they did eat these without complaining which is a win in my books!!
I altered the ingredients a little by subbing the oil with applesauce and honey with maple syrup. I added 4 dates and omitted the chocolate chips in the batter but sprinkled some on top. I also added 2tsps hemp seeds. This batter made 14 muffins and I calculated the calories to be 119cal per muffin with the changes I made. Hope this helps someone. For next time I think I'll keep some of the oil as I found the muffins slightly dry.
Great recipe! Thank you for sharing!
Happy to know they didn't complain (we know how kids are with food, right?). Thanks for your feedback and for sharing your twists on the recipe Jay!
Hi Bea,
i had question before trying the recipe. Its about baking soda, to activate the baking soda we need to add an acidic element. But here you haven't added the acidic element. So wanted to know how will the baking soda work.
Regards,
Sakshi
Hi Sakshi! Banana and honey are acidic ingredients and that's why the use of baking soda. Hope you'll give it a try, those who have simply loved it 🙂
I tried this recipe 2 times and it's amazingly delicious.
How ever my muffin turn out really dry / crumbly not like yours, do you have any tips?
Thank you 🙂
Glad that you liked it, thank you! Dry muffins is because of them being over baked. I'd suggest you reduce the temperature a bit, or baking time (since all ovens are different). Hope it helps and they'll come out better next time 😊.
This is a delicious recipe and the whole family really enjoy it. Very quick and easy to make and saves the ropes bananas from going to waste. Thank you.
Happy to hear that Krupa! You're, right! I also make them using frozen bananas 😀 . Thank you!
HI there,
Your recipes are amazing, been binge watching! Just one request would it be possible to include the calorie count on your recipes?
Thank you Lynn! Will try 🙂
Let me just say that this recipe is amazing! I made some tweaks as i didn't have some of the ingredients but I realized that while it was baking it domed beautifully but after it cooled, it went flat so after some experimenting, either counter or wheat flour along with the homemade oat flour did the trick. I also substituted the egg for 4 tablespoons of buttermilk because my dad is vegetarian. Much love from Jamaica and stay safe!
I'm happy to know that you liked it, Shanice. Thank you for your feedback!
Excelente receta, muy deliciosa, fácil y sana.
Preparé la harina de avena en casa, y el resultado fue increíble.
Esta preparación se ha vuelto una de mis favoritas.
Saludos desde Ecuador.
Hi, can this recipe be used to make a cake instead of muffins ?
These are explosively amazing! Made it with my daughter today. We managed to have 9 muffins and we have assorted ones out of the 9 from one batter! Some were dressed in different fresh fruits, some in variety of nuts and for my daughter’s version she had sprinkles, chocolates and marshmallows. I adore this simple readily available ingredients at home in this batter and would love to see more of this kind that are good for oats and coconut flour. Thanks for this good recipe!
Looks like you two really had fun! I'm glad that you both liked the muffins, thank you for your feedback! There are more easy healthy recipes in our website, have a look around if you want.
I tried them, one word, AMAZING! Btw, how many calories per serving? Thank you for your answer.
Absolutely amazing! Made these today and they are the nicest muffins I’ve made! A healthy snack.
Right? Glad you like them, thanks Tai!
I only have frozen bananas would these be ok as they were fresh but went to iver rioe for eating and I had already done some baking hence why I froze them or should I buy some and leave them to get ripe for the recipe , I want to make them sunday thank you
Yes, frozen banana works also. Thaw them at room temperature, don't discard the liquid. Hope it helps.
Brilliant thank you , cant wait to make them tomorrow
Hi,
They look yummy !!
I would like to know if I can substitute oat flour, with white flour ?
Hi! I haven't tried it but I don't see why not? You can make your own oat flour by blending oats into a fine texture. Hope it helps. Thank you! 😍
I love it
Thank you Elena!
I made it today by grinding my own oat flour turned out good. I have one question When I know they are cooked properly. They were little moist when I took them out ( material sticking to fork).
Thanks
They're properly cooked when you insert a skewer and it comes out clean. Hope it helps, Jasmine 🙂