Best 7 Low Calorie Banana Muffins Recipes

LOW FAT BANANA MUFFIN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F / 205°C. Grease a non-stick muffin tin, or line a muffin tin with quality paper. See the tips in the post about preventing this low fat muffin from sticking to the paper.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the wheat bran, flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and ginger.
• In a medium bowl, beat together the sugars and eggs using a hand mixer on low speed for about 30 seconds, until everything is mixed. Add in the milk and vanilla extract and beat for 10 seconds on low speed. Add in the mashed bananas and apple sauce, and beat for another 10 seconds until everything is all mixed.
• Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the banana mixture. Using a spatula, fold the ingredients together until the batter is just mixed, being careful not to over mix the batter. Set aside and let stand for 5 minutes.
• In the meantime, wash and dry the blueberries. Toss the blueberries in the flour so they are lightly coated.
• Gently fold the blueberries into the batter, reserving a 12-24 blueberries to place on top of the muffins if you desire.
• Evenly divide the batter into the muffin cups. Place the reserved blueberries on top of the muffins, pushing them in so only the tops of the blueberries are not tucked in the batter.
• Bake for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350°F / 176°C. Bake another 25 minutes or so, until a toothpick inserted into the muffins come out clean.

LOW-CALORIE BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease muffin pan or line with paper muffin liners.
• In medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together.
• In separate bowl, combine banana, sugar, egg and vanilla extract. Blend until well mixed. Add applesauce. Slowly combine dry mixture to banana mixture. Blend well.
• Scoop batter into prepared muffin cups. Bake 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Let cool before serving.
• Makes 12 Servings

LOW-FAT BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon. Combine remaining ingredients; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Coat muffin cups with cooking spray or use paper liners; fill cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until muffins test done. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.

LOW FAT BANANA BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375. Spray muffin tin with non-stick spray.
• In a large bowl, mash bananas. To bananas, add applesauce, sugar, splenda, egg whites, skim milk with vinegar added to it, and chocolate chips.
• In a separate bowl, mix flour, bran, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• Add dry ingredients to wet, and stir until just combined.
• Place in muffin tin and bake for 20 - 25 minutes, until lightly browned and knife inserted comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

LIGHTER BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease or line 10 muffin cups.
• In a medium bowl, combine eggs and bananas. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, salt, sugar and baking soda. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture. Fold in walnuts if desired. Pour batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.

LOW-FAT (OR FAT-FREE) BANANA-CRUNCH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spray 24 mini-muffin-pan cups with nonstick cooking spray.
• In medium bowl, mix first six ingredients.
• In large bowl, with wire whisk or fork, mix bananas, yogurt, egg substitute (egg) and vanilla well; stir in flour mixture just until moistened.
• Spoon batter into muffin-pan cups.
• Bake muffins 20 minutes or until tops are golden and toothpick inserted in center of muffin comes out clean.
• Remove from muffin-pan cups to wire racks.
• Serve warm, or cool to serve later!
• Note: I made these in heart-shaped pans I bought at a local grocery store.
• This recipe only yielded four heart-shaped cakes when I did that, and I baked them for about 45-50 minutes.

HEALTHIER BANANA CRUMB MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease 10 muffin cups or line with muffin papers.
• Mix 1 1/2 cups flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Beat bananas, sugar, egg, and melted butter in another bowl. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture just until moistened. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Combine brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Blend in 1 tablespoon butter until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Sprinkle topping over muffins.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden and tops spring back when lightly pressed, 18 to 20 minutes.