Grab and go breakfast or snack, Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins are made with whole grain oats, and almond flour! Like my Healthier Zucchini Bread, these naturally sweetened banana oatmeal muffins are simple to make and freezer friendly. *To make this recipe gluten free, use gluten free rolled oats, oat flour and almond flour.
Mix the Dry Ingredients: In a medium mixing bowl whisk the rolled oats, oat flour, almond flour, cinnamon, baking powder and soda and salt together. Set aside.
Mix the Wet Ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, whisk the mashed bananas, maple syrup, coconut oil, eggs, vanilla extract and apple cider vinegar until an emulsion forms - about 30 seconds.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Whisk for 45 seconds until there are no dry patches left. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Rest the batter at room temperature for 25-30 minutes.
Gently stir the batter down. Overfill a large cookie scoop (#20) with batter and transfer the batter into muffin liners. Distribute leftover batter evenly among cups. Sprinkle tops lightly with additional chocolate chips or rolled oats if desired.
Bake: Place the muffins in the oven then reduce the oven temperature to 375F (190C). Bake the muffins for 30 - 35 minutes. Use a toothpick to test several muffins starting at 30 minutes. Once the toothpick comes out clean with a few crumbs attached and the muffins are golden brown, the muffins are ready. Transfer the muffins to a cooling rack and cool completely.
To Store: Once cool, cover for up to four days at room temperature.To Freeze: Place cooled muffins on a sheet pan and freeze. Once frozen, transfer to a lidded container for up to two weeks. Thaw at room temperature.To Rewarm: rewarm muffins in a 350F oven for 10-15 minutes.
Notes
*Room Temperature Eggs: to bring eggs to room temperature, place them in a bowl of warm water for about 20 minutes. Kitchen Tools: I recommend an oven thermometer and weighing your ingredients using a digital kitchen scale for best outcome. Use the scoop and sweep method for volume measurements if a scale is unavailable.