We're right in the middle of March Muffin Madness! I am thrilled to be included in this gluten-free muffin event equivalent of the “other” March Madness. March Muffin Madness is hosted by Shirley at Gluten Free Easily and will run through Tuesday April 5. There are 22 bloggers participating in March Muffin Madness, so that means 22 delicious gluten-free muffin recipes! Plus there will be daily giveaway prizes and an overall giveaway throughout the event with prizes, including a very special grand prize, awarded at the end.
Enter the grand prize giveaway via Rafflecopter way down after the recipe.
Please note there are TWO giveaways in the March Muffin Madness event.
- You may enter the GRAND prize giveaway in the Rafflecopter form below and leave a comment.
- The second giveaway is a DAILY giveaway and you will need to visit Shirley's site to enter one of the daily prizes (36 and counting). Click here to enter the daily giveaway at the March Muffin Madness event!
- ½ gallon of Hidden Springs Vermont organic maple syrup
- USA Bakeware 12-cup muffin pan
- Kettle and Fire Bone Broth (thanks to the folks at Kettle and Fire!)
- Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker
- Paderno World Cuisine Vegetable Slicer/Spiralizer
- Crockpot Slow Cooker
- Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
And… last but not least, you’re going to love this grand prize sponsored by Blendtec! Yes, one of the much loved high-spend blenders/all-in-one appliances! This is a BRAND NEW appliance, and the winner gets to choose the color they want!
Before you enter the giveaway, I'll share my recipe! (You can skip to the bottom to enter the GRAND prize giveaway or click over to Shirley's to enter the daily prize giveaway). This is one of my favorites, Banana Muffins. So easy to make, always turn out perfect and everyone loves them!
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Banana Muffins
- 1 cup mashed banana
- 1/3 cup honey [affiliate link]
- 1/2 cup melted Tropical Traditions Gold Label Organic Virgin Coconut Oil**
- 6 whole large eggs [affiliate link]
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt [affiliate link]
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda [affiliate link]
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon [affiliate link]
- 1/2 t. ground nutmeg [affiliate link]
- 1/2 cup coconut flour [affiliate link], packed (82 grams) Tropical Traditions brand**
- 2 t. apple cider vinegar
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Place cupcake papers into muffin tins, or grease liberally and dust using coconut flour, or currently I highly recommend using these: silicone muffin cups. They are FABULOUS!
In a mixing bowl, mash bananas until creamy, stir in honey. Melt coconut oil and whisk in with bananas and honey. Add eggs and blend using a hand mixer or whisk. Add salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Measure coconut flour into a 1/2 cup measuring utensil. Pack flour into cup firmly. Use a back side of a knife to cut across the top of the measuring utensil so that your measurements is exactly 1/2 cup. Sift flour to remove any lumps.
Mix half of the coconut flour in with the wet ingredients. Allow to sit for two minutes to give the coconut flour time to absorb. You are looking for a consistency of mashed potatoes. If the mixture is very runny, add the rest of the coconut flour. Again allow batter to sit for 2 minutes. Coconut flour is tricky sometimes. It is better to add the coconut flour in small increments than to end up with your batter being too dry.
Add vinegar to batter and blend quickly.
Fill 12 cupcake forms (slightly under filled). Bake for 25 minutes or until lightly browned on top and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- 1 cup mashed banana
- ⅓ cup honey
- ½ cup melted Tropical Traditions Gold Label Organic Virgin Coconut Oil**
- 6 whole large eggs
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ t. ground nutmeg
- ½ cup coconut flour, packed (82 grams) Tropical Traditions brand**
- 2 t. apple cider vinegar
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Place cupcake papers into muffin tins, or grease liberally and dust using coconut flour, or currently I highly recommend using silicone muffin cups. They are FABULOUS!
- In a mixing bowl, mash bananas until creamy, stir in honey. Melt coconut oil and whisk in with bananas and honey. Add eggs and blend using a hand mixer or whisk. Add salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Measure coconut flour into a ½ cup measuring utensil. Pack flour into cup firmly. Use a back side of a knife to cut across the top of the measuring utensil so that your measurements is exactly ½ cup. Sift flour to remove any lumps.
- Mix half of the coconut flour in with the wet ingredients. Allow to sit for two minutes to give the coconut flour time to absorb. You are looking for a consistency of mashed potatoes. If the mixture is very runny, add the rest of the coconut flour. Again allow batter to sit for 2 minutes. Coconut flour is tricky sometimes. It is better to add the coconut flour in small increments than to end up with your batter being too dry.
- Add vinegar to batter and blend quickly.
- Fill 12 cupcake forms (slightly under filled). Bake for 25 minutes or until lightly browned on top and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Enter the main giveaway below, and then head over to Gluten Free Easily and enter the giveaway for the daily prizes. There's a new giveaway every single day during March Muffin Madness! These giveaways include terrific cookbooks, resource books, subscriptions, and meal plans – ones that have probably been on your “wish list” for a while. There will be over 75 winners in March Muffin Madness, so be sure to enter both the grand prize giveaway and daily giveaway each day so you can be sure that you will be one of the winners!
I just got some silicone muffin cups recently. They’ve worked out really well so far – no sticking, and an easy cleanup.
Aren’t they awesome? I just love them! 🙂 ~Starlene
Looking forward to trying these. Love the giveaways, but love the recipes more!! 🙂
I’m excited to try the muffin recipe. Sounds delicious!
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING THESE MUFFINS. I LOVE MUFFINS.
They look great. Can’t wait to try the coconut banana muffins!
The muffins look fabulous, and so do the prizes!
I have been wanting a blendtec for a long time.
That’s a great muffin recipe. I’m going to have to try it, since my husband is always asking me to learn how to bake banana muffins or bread.
Those banana muffins look amazing! Thank you for sharing.
Starlene, many, many thanks for sharing this wonderful coconut flour-based muffin recipe in March Muffin Madness! You are the expert when it comes to coconut flour. 🙂 As soon as my bananas are ripe enough, I’ll be making these muffins.
Thanks, too, for sponsoring MMM by sharing the silicone baking cups and all your cookbooks as prizes! All were sought after for sure!
Shirley