Recipe: Banana Protein Muffins

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I am absolutely loving the Champion Nutrition Pure Whey protein powder in Banana Scream. Soooo good!! As part of my weekly food prep, I decided to forego my usual oatmeal for some protein muffins... had some leftover bananas, and of course, the protein powder... the result? Serious yumminess! For the frosting, I used low-fat cream cheese, but if your diet doesn't permit it, you can substitute one of my other frosting (see below).

Chelle's Protein Banana Muffins

Makes 6 frosted muffins

Ingredients

1/4 cup QUICK OATS, DRY
1/4 cup Coconut Flour
2 tbsp FLAX SEED, GROUND
1/4 tsp Sea Salt
1 tsp BAKING POWDER
2 large EGG WHITE
1 tbsp APPLESAUCE, UNSWEETENED
1/2 cup Unsweetened Almond Milk, Vanilla
1 tsp VANILLA EXTRACT
2 scoop Pure Whey Protein Powder, Banana Scream
1 small very ripe banana, mashed

Frosting
4 oz CREAM CHEESE
2 scoop Pure Whey Protein Powder, Banana Scream

Directions
Mix together the dry ingredients.
In a separate bowl, mix the wet ingredients, then blend together with the dry.
When nearly blended, add the cup of banana and mix together.
Spray a muffin tin with clean oil (I use coconut).
Divide the batter into 6 muffin cups.
Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes. (I start at 10 and check them every 3 minutes until they're just starting to go gold/brown on top - don't over-bake these! You'll end up with a dry nasty rock.) Remove from oven when a knife inserted comes out clean (even if they don't look done).
Set on cooling rack.
In a small bowl, mix 1 scoop Banana Scream protein powder with 4 oz Neufachtel cream cheese. Continue mixing until smooth.
Divide icing among the six cooled muffins.

nutrition information per muffin (with frosting):
182 calories, 16g protein, 14g carbs, 7g fat.

TIPS: Frosting alternatives...

Banana-Doodle Frosting (complete recipe here)
3 scoops vanilla protein powder (*my protein powder's scoop = 1/3 cup)
2 packets Stevia
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 Tablespoon butter (unsalted), softened
¼ cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
Stir together until mixture resembles frosting. Spread over the six muffins

Protein Muffin Frosting
In a small bowl, mix : 2 Tbsp vanilla unsweetened almond milk with 1/2 tsp vanilla. Slowly add liquid to 1 scoop vanilla protein powder, stirring constantly. When all liquid is incorporated, you can add a few drops of coconut oil to "smooth" out the icing. Divide icing among the six cooled muffins.