Almond Flour Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

At the request of my social media followers, I’ve been developing more gluten-free recipes this past year. Along the way, I’ve learned some great tips for making gluten-free baked goods more fluffy. I’m sharing some of those tips in today’s article, along with a delicious new recipe for Almond Flour Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. These chocolate chip and banana muffins are made with almond flour instead of all-purpose flour, making them gluten-free! I developed this almond flour banana muffins recipe as part of the Allrecipes Allstars Tastemakers program. Rate, review, and photograph my recipe for Gluten-Free Banana-Chocolate Chip Muffins on Allrecipes here, see the full recipe along with some of my cooking and ingredient tips below, or scroll to the end of the post to the recipe card if you’re ready to get cooking.

More recipes like these almond flour banana muffins

• Strawberry Buttermilk Muffins
• Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Muffins
• Lemon Gluten-Free Muffins
• Whole Wheat Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins
• Instant Pot Cornbread Muffins

Tips for making fluffy gluten-free muffins

After some research and experimentation, I found a few important steps for making light, spongy, and fluffy gluten-free muffins.

Gluten-Free Muffin Tip 1: Spoon and level your flour substitute. Instead of scooping your measuring cup into your bag of gluten-free flour, spoon the flour into your measuring cup then level it off with a knife (or other flat edge).

Gluten-Free Muffin Tip 2: Sift your flour (almond flour in the case of this almond flour banana muffins recipe). Almond flour and other gluten-free flour substitutes are not only susceptible to clumping, but most also have a grainier texture than all-purpose flour. Sifting helps with both of these, breaking up clumps and lightly grinding and fluffing grainier flours (like almond flour).

Gluten-Free Muffin Tip 3: Greek yogurt is a key ingredient in many of the recipes I want to be fluffy or extra-moist (for example when I am making baked goods in the Instant Pot – see my Instant Pot Lemon Bundt Cake and Pumpkin Spice Donut Holes recipes). Greek yogurt is very creamy, which makes baked goods nice and moist. The acidity also helps activate baking soda in recipes, which contributes to the fluffiness.

How to make this almond flour banana muffins recipe

To make your almond flour banana muffins, start by preheating the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Add three overripe bananas, eggs, Greek yogurt, maple syrup, and vanilla to a blender or large food processor. Blend until the mixture is smooth.

Sift your almond flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together into a bowl.

Gradually add the sifted almond flour mixture to the blender, covering, then pulsing a few times after each addition, until the flour is completely incorporated into the mixture.

This almond flour banana chocolate chip muffins recipe calls for 3/4 cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips (divided). At this point in the recipe, you’ll stir in 1/2 cup of the chocolate chips into the blender by hand, reserving the remaining 1/4 cup of chocolate chips for later.

Line 12 muffin tin cups with paper liners. Divide the almond flour banana muffins batter evenly between the 12 muffin cups. I find it helpful to use an ice cream scoop.

Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup of chocolate chips over the tops of the muffins. This is mostly for aesthetic reasons. If you’re in a hurry, you can simply stir these in with the other chocolate chips, but I think muffins look prettier and more appealing when you can see chocolate chips on the top, so I like to sprinkle some over the top right before they go into the oven.

Bake the gluten free banana muffins with almond flour in the preheated oven until the tops are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of one of the muffins comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.

Cool the almond flour banana muffins in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes before removing from the pan to cool directly on the wire rack completely before serving (about 15 more minutes).

This almond flour banana muffins recipe is SO yummy!! You definitely don’t miss the gluten in these gluten-free muffins.

Here’s the Almond Flour Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins recipe! Leave a rating if you love them, and feel free to comment with your thoughts. Enjoy! ~