Healthy raspberry maple muffins

These healthy raspberry maple muffins are the perfect lunch-box friendly surprise (definitely kid approved). They are sweetened with banana and pure maple syrup, made with healthy spelt flour and customisable with add ins- I recommend raspberries and dark chocolate chips. They are fluffy, moist, not-too-sweet and have 10 ingredients.

These healthy spelt muffins were born after a desire to a) have a recipe dedicated to spelt flour (because yum) and b) the desire to have a fluffy muffin recipe without using granulated sugar (because its often requested).

So here is it. maple sweetened, spelt banana muffin with raspberries (and optional) choc chips.

Ingredients list

Like most good muffin recipes you should already have most (or all) of these ingredients in your pantry or fridge

White spelt flour or a mixture of white and spelt flour. As spelt in a naturally lower gluten-flour than wheat flour I do not recommend using all wholemeal spelt for this recipe (hello dense, heavy muffins). Don’t have spelt? Use white bakers flour in stead.
Ground cinnamon, salt, baking powder– baking staples.
Ripe banana. The best bananas to use here are the ones that have a very spotty skin and have begun to smell sweet, but not so ripe they are oozing sticky banana syrup. If you only have underripe (yellow skinned) bananas you can use those too OR try ripening them up in the oven using this hack.
Pure maple syrup. Maple syrup gives the bulk of the sweetness to these muffins and is my preferred liquid or sticky sweetener for baking- it is lighter and easier to bake with than honey or rice malt syrup, less processed than other sweeteners and has the best flavour.
Olive oil– you can use a light or extra virgin olive oil. You could also substitute for melted coconut oil or butter, or any preferred oil.
Milk of choice
2 large eggs

You’ll love these healthy raspberry maple muffins because they;

Are lunch box friendly and 100% kid approved
Include healthier ingredients than other muffins
Are sweetened with fruit and maple syrup
Contain only 10 staple ingredients
Are fluffy, moist, wholesome, fruity, easy, and so delicious
Good volume with a slightly rounded, golden-brown muffin top

Tips for the perfect healthy spelt muffins

Don’t over mix the batter- over mixing causes the gluten to stretch more than we want for fluffy baked goods. Rule of thumb is it’s better to slightly under mix than over mix.
Use room temperature ingredients (except for the berries)- make sure your eggs and milk in particular are not cold.
Use frozen raspberries for this recipe. Fresh b raspberries are too soft and will not hold their shape + will give you a pink muffin. They’ll still be delicious, but not as pretty.
All ovens run a little differently. Where possible test your oven temperature independently with an oven thermometer- they are cheap and available online and in store at kitchen shops. For this recipe I recommend checking your muffins 2-3 minutes early in case your oven runs hot.

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