Recipe: Flax Banana Yogurt Muffins (with Chobani!)

 I am a yogurt addict, I eat it at least once daily and never seem to get sick of it. Not only is yogurt good as a snack, dessert or as part of a meal - it's also great in baking! Yogurt makes baked goods really moist and delicious and also adds nutrition (especially protein if you use Chobani) and flavour.

When I saw the apron and oven mitt from Chobani I knew that I had to get baking!

 I spotted the ripening bananas on the fruit stand and knew just what I wanted to bake. Moist, healthy and delicious banana muffins.

What came out of my ideas was what I have affectionately named Flax Cho-nana Muffins. They're the ultimate banana muffin for breakfast and snacks and the recipe can easily be made into a loaf if you prefer! 

These muffins have added nutrition from flaxseed and the protein packed Chobani and they're also low in fat and gluten free!

I have always been a fan of banana anything. Banana bread, cake, fresh bananas, frozen bananas - you name it! I always have banana muffins in the freezer for snacks or dessert or to add to yogurt/cottage cheese bowls for breakfast.

After the cyclones and the price of bananas skyrocketed I was devastated! I would still buy them, despite their ridiculous price and treat them like gold - and if anyone took one of my bananas they were dead meat! 

Thankfully, despite my long long list of food intolerances, I can still eat bananas! There's not a day where I don't eat banana in some shape or form and my fruit stand is barely seen without a banana. 

So it's only natural that I have more than one favourite banana muffin recipe, right? This Flax Cho-nana Muffin recipe also makes a delicious loaf of banana bread - I'm just a muffin girl :P and these are my current favourite healthy, gluten free banana muffins!

Flax Banana Yogurt Muffins or Flax Cho-nana Muffins - GF/low fat/eggless

makes 12 deliciously moist and flavoursome muffins

2 cup GF pancake mix/GF flour/plain flour/wholewheat flour 

1 tsp baking soda 

2.5 tbsp ground flaxseed

3 large bananas, mashed (about 1.5C mashed) 

1/2 cup Chobani plain greek yogurt (will also work with vanilla yogurt/plain yogurt etc)

1/4 cup applesauce 

1/4 -1/2 cup brown sugar (if you don't like things sweet, use 1/4C - for regular tastes use 1/2C)

2 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 180°C/355°F.

Prepare muffins tins (grease or line). 

In a large bowl mix flour, baking soda, ground flaxseed. 

In a medium bowl mash banana and add yogurt, applesauce, sugar and vanilla. Mix together wet ingredients until combined and pour into dry. 

Mix wet and dry ingredients until just combined and pour into muffin cups. 

Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the tops are browned and a skewer inserted removes clean. 

So tell me, are you a muffin/cupcake fan or do you prefer slices of cake or breads?

I'm known as The Muffin Queen when it comes to baking for myself and The Cupcake Queen when it comes to baking for others. I love single serve anythings - they're so much cuter!