Banana Muffins with Sourdough! THM, E

This is so handy for a quick grab and go breakfast! You could definitely add some protein powder to the dough, to make it a complete breakfast. If you don’t want to use sourdough, I have this recipe that has no sourdough. My kiddos love this!

Ingredients:

4 large or 5 ripe bananas

1/2 cup egg whites

1 cup oat flour (blended oatmeal)

1 cup thick sourdough starter

1/4 cup Gentle Sweet or your favorite sweetener

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp mineral salt

1/4 cup chocolate chips (sugar free)

Whip the bananas till smooth, then add all the other ingredients and mix well. Put the mixture in muffin tins. Bake at 375 for 25-30 minutes or till lightly browned.

I love these silicone cups I got for Mother’s Day…. easier cleanup, and no need to use muffin tins if you don’t want to.

SOURDOUGH CRASH COURSE: Sourdough can be added to a lot of baked goods. Think of it this way, it’s flour in a wet form, that’s easier on our digestive system then regular flour. Baked goods made with sourdough, don’t spike your blood sugar, like other baked goods. Sourdough is made by obtaining a starter, then feeding it unbleached flour and water on a daily or twice daily basis. There’s several ways to get the starter. One, find a local friend who has a starter. Two, get a free starter from Oregon Trail Sourdough. Send them a stamped, self addressed envelope with a request for sourdough starter. They will mail it to you in a dehydrated form, with directions to activate it. It’s a great quality starter. Third, and my least favorite method, is making your own. Once you have the starter, keep it on your counter and feed it at least once a day. I prefer to feed it several times a day, so it’s not sour at all. After an hour or two of feeding, it becomes bubbly and can be used, or fed, or left alone. If you don’t want to use it for a while, you can put it in the fridge and feed it once a week or so. When you get it out of the fridge, feed it several times before using it for bread or cake. How much to feed it? Feed the same amount of flour as the amount of starter you have and a little less water. You should be able to stir it with a spoon, but it should not be runny.