Description
Try a “skinny” version of Chocolate Chip Muffins. No butter, no oil.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 large bananas
- small cup unsweetened applesauce
- small cup sugar in the raw (next time i will try ½ cup of honey as substitute)
- 1 large egg (if you want to avoid eggs altogether, you can probably add ½ an additional banana, I used 1 omega-3 enriched egg)
- 1 cup whole-wheat flour
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (confession: i used milk chocolate chips, i like them better. skinny or not)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375F degrees. Line a muffin tin with baking cups (or spray tins). Set aside.In a large bowl mash the bananas with a fork or potato masher. Mash them very well – no big lumps. Stir in the sugar, egg, and applesauce.
- Sift the flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda and baking powder into the wet ingredients. (sifting helps avoid cocoa or flour lumps) Lightly mix to combine. Fold in chocolate chips. The batter will be a little chunky. Do not overmix.
- Divide the batter between the 12 muffin cups – fill them all the way to the top. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- Muffins stay fresh in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins