Saturday, September 8, 2018

Chia Seeds & Banana Spelt Flour Muffins

If  you are looking for a prefect baked treat to finish your over ripen bananas, you have to look at my today's post. This muffins makes an excellent breakfast muffin or a after meal dessert or else an evening snack to enjoy with a cup of coffee. These muffins are completely butter free, yes i skipped butter. Trust me these muffins came out extremely spongy with bit dense because of Spelt flour. However you wont miss the sponginess in this muffins. Banana and chia seeds both together works absolutely incredible for baking out this easy breezy muffins. If you dont have spelt flour, dont worry, just replace it completely with Whole wheat flour. I have been experimenting to bake out some simple baking treats with Spelt flour and trust me i have been enjoying completely to bake some incredible bakes with it. And chia seeds have its own place in my pantry as well. Though we love chia seeds in pudding, my kids enjoy and love chia seeds in muffins and in quick breads.

Chia seeds, Banana and Spelt Muffins



This chia seeds & banana spelt flour muffins goes to this Month's A-Z Recipe Challenge with the Alphabet 'C'. This Facebook challenge group is started with a new concept, and  we will cookig with two different themes. For this month's challenge, we are cooking a dish name starts with alphabets aka A-Z Recipe challenge and next month's theme is going to be Recipe swap challenge, and vice versa. Since i like challenges, i couldnt stop myself to join this group. Hence am here with a beautiful baked treat aka Chia Seeds Banana muffins for this month's challenge, if you want to join in this group do let me know. And coming to this muffins, its quite an excellent snack muffins to pack in your kid's snack box. These muffins can be baked as vegan as well. Just mix and match the ingredients to bake out these fantabulous muffins.

Butterless Chia Seeds, Banana Muffins with Spelt flour

1cup Spelt flour
1/2cup Whole wheat flour
1tsp Baking powder
1/2tsp Baking soda
2tbsp Chia seeds
1cup Banana (mashed)
1 Egg
1/2cup Oil
1/2cup Yogurt
1cup Honey
1tsp Vanilla extract

Take the spelt flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda in a bowl, sift twice and keep aside.

Now take the mashed banana, egg, oil, yogurt, honey and vanilla extract in a bowl. Whisk well until everything gets well mixed.

Add the chia seeds to the sifted flour.

Mix the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients gently, until the mixture turns smooth.

Chia seeds, Banana Spelt Butterless Muffins

Preheat the oven to 350F, line a muffin tray with muffin paper.

Spoon the muffin batter to the already prepared muffin tray.

Bake for 20-25minutes until the crust turns golden brown.

Remove the muffin tray from the oven, let it cool completely.

Enjoy with your favourite drink.

Butterless Chia Seeds & Banana Spelt Muffins

30 comments:

Priya Iyer said... Reply To This Comment

Oh, wow, the muffins look so perfect! May I have one, please?

Jayeeta Basu said... Reply To This Comment

Perfect and healthy muffins......I came to know the use of 'chia seeds' from your recipe....lovely share :)

Ritu Tangri said... Reply To This Comment

Perfectly made muffins....spelt flour, chia seeds and banana...all healthy ingredients make it an excellent snacking option

http://yummytalesoftummy.com/blog/ said... Reply To This Comment

What a welcome change to make muffins. Healthy options. Loved your recipe.

Avin said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious muffins, perfect to use up the ripe bananas.😍

priyaa_jo said... Reply To This Comment

perfectly made muffins. I am new to baking so yes, This recipe is a great start I guess.
Will let you know after trying out this recipe.

Ashima said... Reply To This Comment

These are so tasty and delicious and perfect for a make-ahead breakfast treat! I love adding chia seeds to different recipes! They are just so versatile!

Thanks for sharing.

I would love to find this group on Facebook.. I have been wanting to participate in a Recipe Swap with a like minded blogger since some time :-)

mildly indian said... Reply To This Comment

Oh ! amazing muffins. I love love love the recipe. making some tommorow for a bake sale for my kids.

Sujata Roy said... Reply To This Comment

Wow banana chia seeds you have used all the healthy ingredients and no fat. Muffins looks so perfect and delish. Loved your healthy and yummy recipe. Awesome share.

Lathiya said... Reply To This Comment

Chia seeds and spelt flour muffins looks amazing...I have chia seeds and love to try these for my kids snack

Paarul said... Reply To This Comment

Perfectly baked muffins...Healthy treat for the loved ones.Awesome share .

Archana said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious and perfectly made. I want some, please!

Vidya Narayan said... Reply To This Comment

Priya, by now you know how big a fan I am of all your bakes and the ability with which you face all the challenges with super results. Loved these muffin to bits and hope someday I get to taste some of your goodies. Cheers my dear!

code2cook said... Reply To This Comment

DB comment.

I am in love with these chia seeds muffins. I bookmarked them as soon as I saw them in a2z challenge. came out with such a perfect look, I great recipe for the breakfast and snack time. Healthy as well as filling too.

Maria Nasir said... Reply To This Comment

It seems like you looked inside my fridge - yes, I do have over ripe bananas and was wondering what to do with them this time. Yummy recipe, perfectly timed. 😊

Freda said... Reply To This Comment

Perfectly baked muffins, filled with all things good!! Lovely recipe, Priya :)

Anshu said... Reply To This Comment

These muffins are looking just wow!! Wish I could grab one right off the screen. Bookmarking to try the recipe soon !!

CookwithRenu said... Reply To This Comment

Wow this is such a healthy treat for breakfast or for kids. Made with spelt flour kuddos to you. simply awesome

Sandhya Ramakrishnan said... Reply To This Comment

Spelt flour is one more flour that I am yet to experiment with! Those muffins are just perfect for the breakfast or quick snack. Love using chia seeds in all my bakes.

Mayuri Patel said... Reply To This Comment

I wish I could lay my hands on some spelt flour. Lovely soft and delicious looking muffins in spite of not using butter, but then bananas make cakes and muffins soft.

Hayley said... Reply To This Comment

Usually, you won't find any ripe bananas in my house, but for this muffins, I'll hide some, so once they are ripe I can bake these delicious looking chia muffins :) Great with a cuppa!

Vanitha said... Reply To This Comment

We can never have enough recipes to use leftover bananas! Love that you have added chia for a healthier twist! Awesome share!

Malini's Space said... Reply To This Comment

WOW. Perfect Butter less and healthy option for Breakfast. Muffins look awesome. I never used spelt flour in baking, I should try once. Lovely way of using chia seeds and banana.

Sasmita said... Reply To This Comment

These ripe banana muffins are looking wow !
Addition of chia seeds here is another lovely and healthy factor as well :)

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely Recipe Priya...So healthy.Loved it !!

Shobha said... Reply To This Comment

I have some chia seeds at home.. will try out these muffins.

Geetha Priyanka said... Reply To This Comment

Yum Yum!!! Banana and chia seed combo sounds lip smacking and delicious. These muffins looks so well done with perfect texture. Lovely share....

Aruna said... Reply To This Comment

The spelt flour + chia make this muffin so healthy. And you have not compromised on flavour as well; and there in lies the beauty of this recipe.

veena said... Reply To This Comment

So perfectly baked Priya. Look so good. Yumm

Poonam Bachhav said... Reply To This Comment

The muffins with chia seeds sound so perfect and healthy Priya !