Healthy Banana Bread Muffins

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups rolled oats

1 ¼ cups flour

½ cup sugar

1 ½ tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

¼ tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

A pinch ground nutmeg

1 large egg

¼ cup oil

1 tsp vanilla

1 ½ cups ripe bananas mashed (about 3-4 bananas)

Optional Topping:

½ cup rolled oats

¼ tsp cinnamon

2 tbsp maple syrup

2 tbsp melted butter

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 375°F.

In a large bowl, mix the oats, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ground nutmeg, and salt.

In a separate smaller bowl, whisk the egg, oil, and vanilla until well combined.

Pour the wet mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients and stir until just combined. The mixture will be quite dry at this point.

Add the mashed bananas and fold them into the batter. Continue folding until all the dry ingredients are fully incorporated.

Divide the batter evenly into a muffin tin that has been lightly sprayed with nonstick spray or lined with paper liners.

In another bowl, mix the oats, cinnamon, maple syrup, and melted butter to make the topping. Sprinkle this mixture evenly over the muffin batter.

Bake in the preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.