Free-from Morning Muffins

Handy for a breakfast on the go, or a mid-morning snack, these freeze very well, and do not need a huge amount of time to defrost

Free-from Morning Muffins

SERVES

6

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

15

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

23

MINUTES

Ingredients

  • 220g banana, mashed (about 3 large bananas)

  • 1 tbsp light olive oil

  • 1 tbsp honey

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

  • 1 tsp bread soda, sieved

  • 1 tsp cinnamon, sieved

  • 1 tsp mixed spice, sieved

  • 100g ground almonds

  • 50g mixed seeds

  • 100g gluten-free porridge oats

  • 50g golden raisins

  • 20g pecan nuts, chopped

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 180ºC/gas mark 4. Pop 6 paper cases into a muffin tin.

  2. Place the banana, oil, honey and vanilla together in a bowl. Mix well with a wooden spoon or spatula until combined.

  3. Stir the sieved bread soda, cinnamon and mixed spice into the almonds, seeds, gluten-free porridge oats and golden raisins. Mix well.

  4. Stir these dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until combined.

  5. Spoon the mixture between the six bun cases. Sprinkle the pecan nuts on top and press them down slightly. Bake for about 23 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

  6. Once cool enough to handle place them onto a wire rack to cool.

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