What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Eat More: Vegan Banana-Maple Muffins! For breakfast on the run, mid-morning snack, or late night munchie, these banana maple muffins are a welcome sight. Made with overripe bananas and coconut milk, they provide nutritional benefits that fuel the body as well as satisfy hunger pangs. Between the first crunch of nuts and the last taste of maple cream icing, you may find yourself reaching for a tall glass of cold milk wondering how you lived so long without trying these before.
VEGAN BANANA-MAPLE MUFFINS
Ingredients for Muffins:
2 small bananas, peeled and mashed
2/3 cup coconut milk
1/3 vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 1/4 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
Instructions:
Preheat oven to. 350°. Line a muffin pan with 12 cupcake liners. Set aside. In a bowl, mash overripe bananas with a fork. Whisk together bananas, coconut milk, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, and almond extract. Set aside. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and sea salt. Mix well. Gradually add the banana mixture to the dry ingredients. Batter will be slightly lumpy. Gently fold in chopped pecans. Fill each muffin cup 2/3 full. Do not overfill. Bake 18-20 minutes or until tops spring back and cake tester comes out clean. Transfer muffins to wire rack to cool completely before adding icing.
Ingredients for Maple Icing:
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons margarine, softened
2 tablespoons coconut milk, slightly warmed
2 teaspoons maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Pinch cinnamon
Pinch nutmeg
Pinch sea salt
12 pecan halves for garnish
Instructions:
Beat together the powdered sugar, margarine, coconut milk, maple syrup, vanilla extract, almond extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, and sea salt until the icing is smooth and creamy. Drop one or two dollops of icing on each muffin. Garnish with pecan half.
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Moist and packed with flavor. 🍌🍌🍌
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Going to try
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thanks for share….good one
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Excellent ! I have recently ordered some fresh cinnamon from Sri Lanka. I find fresh spices enhance flavour. Am looking for fresh Vanilla from Madagascar. It is interesting to research where our ingredients come from. Once I spent an entire afternoon researching the trade wars fought over Nutmeg…. Food, and the growing of food is something I am thankful to God for.
Excellent post, as usual. Thanks !
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Right? I use Mexican vanilla. Its flavor intensifies baked goods. 😍
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Excellent. I will check that out. Thanks ! 🤗
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I don’t know where to vegan! But whoa this looks delicious!
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It tastes even better, in my opinion. 😋🍃🍌
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Oh, I believe you.
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Those look totally delicious! I love the addition of pecans!
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The maple makes it delicious, that’s for sure. 🍌
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These look amazing!
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Try them for Munchtime. 🍃🌽
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Looks so great! I must try this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
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Enjoy. 😋🌿🍌
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These sound so delicious! I absolutely love maple – Yummy!
Sammy x
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It has a wonderful taste, doesn’t it? 🍁
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These sound so good! I’ve been wanting to try some vegan recipes but they seem too complicated for a beginning baker, these don’t look so hard to make so I’ll definitely try them out. Thanks for sharing!
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I appreciate you saying that. I try to keep it simple because everyone is busy and our health is still important. We can live well and cook well. 👏
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Yum! My son will love these!
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Yay! You just made brownie points with him! 🍌
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This looks so good!
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Especially with a nice cuppa joe. ☕️
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It looks tasty. Have to try it some day! Thank you for sharing!
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You may be surprised. 🍌
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Wow this looks delicious. Can’t wait to make them home.
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The journey of the palate awaits. lol 🍌
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Recently turning vegan, I’m always on the hunt for simple recipes. Can’t wait to try theses!🍌🍰
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Blessings. Happy baking! 🍁🍂🌾
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Yummy 😋
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Munchtime. 😂
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