Banana Date Muffins
 
 
Recipe adapted from Gwyneth Paltrow's "It's All Good"
Serves: 12-15 muffins
Ingredients
  • 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • pinch of sea salt
  • 2 overripe bananas, mashed
  • ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • ⅔ cup good-quality maple syrup
  • ⅔ cup skim milk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ½ cup pitted and chopped dried dates (about 6 large dates)
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
  2. Whisk together the 2 cups flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
  3. In another bowl, whisk together the mashed bananas, olive oil, maple syrup, milk, and vanilla.
  4. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until well combined. Stir in the dates.
  5. Evenly divide the batter among the muffins cups, and bake until the muffins are browned and a toothpick comes out clean, 20-25 minutes.
Recipe by the ringers at https://www.theringers.co/2014/08/banana-date-muffins/