Wednesday 11 January 2012

Delicious Wholesome Banana muffins.

I'm very excited to announce that Mishaps and Mayhem of a Gluten Free Life, will be running our first compeitition, commencing this Friday! I have had the pleasure of reviewing 'Good & Easy Eats' by Kim Wilson from http://www.simplynaturalhealth.com/ . On Friday I will be revealing more of my thoughts on this wonderful and inspiring e book.

Until Friday, this is a preview of one of the delicious and healthy muffins. Everyone who has tried them, has commented on our nice they are and you can actually taste how wholesome they are, not filled with sugar. For Australians, some of the products aren't as easy to buy, I found the apple cider vinegar, brown rice flour, and Flaxmeal from a great health food shop.

Banana Muffins
Ingredients:
4 bananas mashed                                                    1 cup brown rice flour
1/2 cup water                                                           1/2 cup of arrowroot flour
1/3 cup honey*(I used Maple Syrup)                          1/2 cup of gluten free cornflour
1/3 cup oil or butter (I used vegtable oil)                     1 tsp. cinammon 
 1/3 cup ground Flax (In Australia it's Flaxmeal)           2 tsp. baking powder
Opt. up to  1 cup chopped walnuts                              1/2 tsp. baking soda                                                                                     1/2 tsp. sea salt                                              
Method:
Combine ingredients in left column (except for walnuts if including). In a separate bowl combine ingredients in right column. Lightly mix the two together and then fold in walnuts. Scoop into oiled muffin cups. Bake at 180-200 degrees celiscus for about 20 minuts. Makes about one dozen muffins * maple syrup (I used this, or agave (I'm unsure if this can be found in Australia Note: The original recipe called for 1 cup of sorghum flour, unfortunately in Australia, I have not been able to purchase this flour, the arrowroot flour and gluten free cornflour is my subsitiute, and it worked well and tasted delicious!

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Remember the wonderful #SABH is running another blog hop, this time hosted by http://hungryaustralian.com/, the theme this month is Death By Chocolate (delicious!!), entries open on 16th January, you just have to be a food blogger, click on the link I have provided for more information. I will be entering as well, a delicious and choc filled surprise, so the information you will also be able to find here.

Enjoy these wholesome muffins, I'm making more to put in the freezer, to have healthy snacks ready!