Sugar Free Banana Muffins
Carol Vanover’s healthy and yummy pecan sugar free banana muffins.
For those of you who want to indulge, but stay on the healthy side, try these banana muffins. My best friend ,Carol Spry Vanover, is a Harrison, Indiana reader and is the queen of recipe make-overs.
This would be perfect for an Easter brunch. “The original recipe is from my friend, Julie McKay. Hers contained chocolate chips and we prefer pecans. I decided to make it healthier, so it’s evolved. I’ve made several batches and the yogurt makes the texture very nice”, Carol said.
Banana Muffins Recipe
3 large ripe bananas
¾ cup Splenda
1 egg
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
¾ cup regular flour
¾ cup whole wheat flour
5 tablespoons Smart Balance, melted
¾ cup chopped pecans
1-6 oz. cup light yogurt, any flavor
1 tsp vanilla extract
Mash bananas. Add Splenda and slightly beaten egg. Add melted Smart Balance.
Add dry ingredients. Stir in yogurt, vanilla, and chopped pecans.
Pour into muffin cups. Bake the banana muffins at 375 for 20 min. Makes
1 dozen pecan banana muffins.
Sugar free really seems to be the way to go these days. We get some many questions about sugar free recipes and sugar alternatives. Here, you can read a recent article about one of my favorite sugar substitutes, Stevia.
This recipe doesn’t use Stevia, but another popular sugar substitute, Splenda. Splenda is a great sugar alternative. It’s incredibly sweet and easy to bake with.
In addition to being sugar free, this recipe also uses Smart Balance as
a way to keep the fat content down. I hope you enjoy this sugar free banana
muffin recipe.
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