Easy recipe for delicious, healthy paleo banana muffins made with whole food, natural ingredients that are legal for gut healing diets too!
Yum! Â Paleo banana muffins!
I love to try out new things in the kitchen. It helps prevent getting stuck in the same old routine and same old meals week in and week out.
I frequently get in over my head, with something taking a lot more time and effort (and mess!) than I ever imagined! My family laughs at me when I get into some sort of cooking debacle, so it serves as a form of homegrown comedy as well.
You have to be able to laugh at yourself in the kitchen, else you will find cooking to be a chore rather than a joy. Any essentially creative process is going to involve lots of failure to balance out the success.
I experienced yet another cooking debacle about last night. I’m not sure what possessed me to make paleo banana muffins out of almond flour at such a late hour, especially after an especially busy day. I usually make them out of einkorn or homemade gluten free flour.
Oh well, when the creative bug bites, you just have to go with it.
Homemade Grain Free Banana Muffins
I already had some soaked/low temp dried raw almonds in the pantry. Soaking nuts increases digestibility and nutrient absorption considerably, if you didn’t already know!
So I decided to grind them with a Black & Decker coffee grinder that I had purchased for that very reason. I don’t normally drink coffee, but had been advised that they are great for grinding almonds into flour.
First, I put some almonds in the grinder, closed the lid and pressed the grind button. Nothing happened! I figured the almonds were too big, so I whipped out my 2 cup Cuisinart food processor, put the almonds in, and pulsed a few times to chop them into smaller pieces. Then, I put the chopped almonds back into the coffee grinder to try grinding one more time.
This time, the coffee grinder did manage to grind about 2 cups of fine, almond flour before getting completely clogged up. It then took me about 15 minutes to clean the thing out and grind the last 1/2 cup of almond flour to get enough for 1 batch of paleo banana muffins!
Needless to say, the coffee grinder is trashed as the grinding mechanism can’t be removed and cleaned, so it is hopelessly gooed up. Coffee grinders are probably great for grinding sprouted almonds or raw almonds that haven’t been soaked first. Oh well, live and learn.
At least the paleo banana muffins turned out fantastic! Here’s the recipe I used (basic recipe from Gut and Psychology Syndrome by Natasha Campbell-McBride MDÂ with a few tweaks of my own).
Love muffins? Try these wholesome recipes for grain free blueberry muffins, Paleo lemon poppyseed muffins, and green banana flour blueberry muffins too.
Paleo Banana Muffins Recipe
This easy recipe for delicious, healthy paleo banana muffins made with almond flour and other natural ingredients is legal for gut healing diets too!
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups almond flour finely ground, preferably from sprouted or soaked/dehydrated raw almonds
- 1/4 cup coconut oil expeller pressed, preferably organic
- 3 eggs preferably pastured
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 bananas very ripe, mashed
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3-5 drops stevia extract optional
- 1 Tbl banana flour optional
Instructions
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Mix everything together well in a glass bowl. Pour batter into muffin pans and bake for about 50 minutes at 300 F/149 C.
Not into baking? This delicious paleo banana muffins mix is something to whip up even more quickly! Or, try this gluten free banana bread recipe instead!
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Pour batter into muffin pans and bake for about 50 minutes at 300 F/149 C.
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Serve immediately.
Recipe Notes
Not into baking?  This healthy and delicious paleo banana muffins mix is something to whip up even more quickly! Great for children just learning the ropes for healthy baking.
Or, try this gluten free banana bread recipe instead!
The K Tech blender, also rebranded as Blend Tech works great for grinding almonds and flax seeds and just about anything else. Some prefer it over Vitamix because of the larger mouth container for ease of cleaning. It does the same job as a Vitamix for about $100 less. I happen to have a Vitamix but I have seen the K Tech in action many times at raw food prep classes.
You could use a dehydrator instead. Drying in the sun wouldn't get them warm enough not to mention the bugs/animals that would come and bother them.
Hi- is there a faster way to dry/crisp the almonds? I can't leave my gas oven on all day, and I'm never home for 12 hours. Please tell me there is another way! Could I dry them some in the sun first?
I use a tribest personal blender for grinding nuts and grains. It works great and comes with a wet and dry blade. super easy to clean. I use mine almost daily for something.
Hi Janet, there are many appliances you can use to make nut flours. The combinations are endless. The Ultimate Chopper and the vitamix are great for nut flours. Any grain grinder works for other flours.
Could you possibly do a video on grinding all flour types and what is best to use to make the flours? It would help me. I am new to all this and finding it a bit confusing as to what grinder or blender to use for the different kinds of flour. Thank you, Janet
Thanks Sarah,
I think the problem with the vitamix is that it grinds them so fast, it heats them up which draws out the oils. I need to try a slower setting next time. The food processor seems to work but it doesn't make fine flour.
I will definitely look into the ultimate chopper.
Thanks for everything you do! LOVE the blog!
Hi Erica, try the ultimate chopper. It grinds them perfectly. I am surprised you are having trouble with the vitamix. Perhaps it is on the wrong setting?
Hi Sarah!
I'm having trouble making almond flour. When I put my dried almonds in the vita mix or food processor what I end up with is almond butter! It's very wet and very sticky. I dry the almonds in the oven for over 12 hours and the come out nice and crisp. Have you experienced this? Do you have any suggestions? Thanks!
Erica
Hi Kelly, I suppose you could do this but it would be more work and I'm not sure if the results would be as pleasing. I like to soak, dry and grind large amounts of almonds into almond flour and then freeze. Then it is ready to go immediately for baking.