Oat Flour Banana Muffins

These Oat Flour Banana Muffins are healthy, easy to make and perfect for a nutritious breakfast or snack! Try adding in chocolate chips or any other mix-ins you love.

These Oat Flour Banana Muffins are one of my favorite snacks to make! Oats and bananas just work so well togther, like in these Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Bars or this Banana Bread Baked Oats. And these muffin are no exception!

They’re light, fluffy, and perfect for easy snacking at home or on the go!

What is oat flour?

Oat flour is a whole-grain flour made from rolled oats that is high in fibre and rich in nutrients. It has a mild nutty taste and is slightly more grainy than all-purpose flour.

Oat flour can be purchased at most grocery stores or easily made at home. It’s a great and healthy alternative to using wheat flour in baked goods and Oat Flour Pancakes and is also gluten-free if it’s made with gluten-free certified rolled oats.

These Oat Flour Banana Muffins are similar to my Healthy Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins, but have a finer texture.

Ingredients and substitutions

• Banana: it’s best to use ripe and spotty bananas in this recipe to sweeten the muffins and give them the best taste! If you have bananas that are not quite ripe yet try using them to make Banana Overnight Oats or Banana Chia Pudding!
• Egg: 2 medium-large sized eggs work well.
• Avocado oil: you can substitute with melted and cooled coconut oil or butter.
• Maple syrup: you can also use honey, agave syrup or brown sugar.
• Vanilla extract: use real vanilla extract for the best taste!
• Oat flour: you can use store-bought oat flour or make oat flour at home. You can also substitute with all-purpose flour if you prefer.
• Nutmeg: I find nutmeg a key ingredient to give banana muffins that classic banana bread taste.This is optional but will make the muffins taste like my Vegan Banana bread!
• Chocolate chips (optional): an optional ingredient but who doesn’t love chocolate in their banana muffins!

How to make oat flour at home

Oat flour is an ingredient that you can find at many grocery stores, but they often charge more for it than a bag of oats! So if you prefer, you can easily make oat flour at home by blending quick oats or rolled oats in a food processor until they turn into flour.

How to make oat flour banana muffins

Step 1

Mash the bananas in a mixing bowl, then add the eggs, vanilla extract, oil and maple syrup and mix together until combined.

Step 2

Next add in the oat flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg and gently fold the batter together.

Step 3

If you like to add any mix-ins to your oat flour banana muffins, go ahead! Add chocolate chips, chopped nuts, raisins or whatever you like and fold into the batter.

Step 4

Spoon the batter into a muffin pan lined with muffin liners and bake in the oven at 350 degrees F for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

How to store

Store these oat flour muffins in an airtight container on the countertop for up to 4 days, or in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 7 days.

You can also freeze these muffins. Place the muffins in a freezer bag and place them in the freezer for up to 2 months. Defrost on the countertop.

Oat flour banana muffins FAQ

Try these muffin recipes next!

• Lemon Poppyseed Muffins
• Healthy Pumpkin Muffins
• Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
• Matcha Coconut Muffins

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