Starbucks Vegan Copycat Banana Muffins

Starbucks. Doesn’t that word just evoke a warm comfort in your soul? aaaah….with these copycat muffins that have been made vegan AND refined sugar free, you can sip your homemade latte and nosh on one of these without the calorie and wallet splurge. :)

Makes 12 muffins

Ingredients

2 cups almond flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

2 tbsp psyllium husk powder (I love to add this for extra fiber. You can usually find it at a coop or online, or you may omit.)

3 medium very ripe bananas, mashed

1 flax egg* or regular egg (*1 tbsp ground flax + 2 1/2 tbsp water, sit for a few minutes to thicken)

1/3 cup honey, or to preferred sweetness

1/2 cup avocado oil or melted coconut oil

2 tbsp dairy free milk or creamer

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

dash of salt

1/2 cup chopped nuts (Starbucks uses walnuts, I use almonds since those are the only nut our household is not allergic to)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a or line a muffin tin. In a small bowl combine flour, baking powder + soda, + psyllium husk, and set aside. In a large bowl add mashed bananas, flax egg, honey, oil, milk, vanilla, and salt and mix with electric hand mixer until well combined. Pour in dry mixture and fold with a rubber spatula until just combined. Fold in nuts and pour into loaf pan or divide into muffin tin. Bake muffins for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for a few minutes in pan then remove and allow to fully cool on rack.

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