Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

I'm forever buying bananas. I love them. I use them in everything from smoothies to desserts. They are great on their own or as addition to a smoothie bowl or as a topping for your overnight oats. There are many times though where we have a few ripened bananas that have to be used up quickly. When they get to this point I prefer to bake with them. So today I was wandering around the kitchen thinking of what I wanted to use them for. I went looking through the pantry and found an opened bag of non dairy semi sweet chocolate chips. Perfect!! Chocolate chip banana muffins it is! So I created this recipe and hope you give it a try. 

Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins 

Ingredients:

2 cups unbleached all purpose flour 

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda 

1/2 tsp kosher salt 

3 ripened organic bananas 

1/2 cup melted vegan butter (I used Earth Balance)

1/2 cup organic brown sugar 

1/4 cup organic sugar

1 flax egg (1 tbs ground flax meal mixed with 3 tbs water. Let set 5 minutes before use)

1 tsp pure vanilla extract 

1 cup non dairy chocolate chips

~Makes 12 regular sized muffins~

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375

Grease and flour your muffin pan 

Make your flax egg and set aside

Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl. Set aside

In a large bowl mash together the bananas until fluffy. Stir in the melted butter, sugars, vanilla and flax egg

Once well combined mix in the flour

Fold in chocolate chips. Fill each muffin tin. I like to use an ice cream scoop because it's fast, easy and they come out the same size. 

Bake 18-20 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. 

Allow to cool 10-15 minutes before removing from the pan. I hope you enjoy!!