A few months back I wrote about the Five Reasons to Eat Pecan Nuts. Pecan nuts are a rich source of healthy fats, contain the highest level of antioxidant of any other nuts and they are high in fibre, vitamins and minerals.
Last night I made these healthy treats. They make a nourishing snack, rich in fibres because of the wholemeal flour and pecan meal.
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Ingredients
- 3 ripe bananas
- 5 tbsp honey
- 4 tbsp (extra virgin) olive oil
- 1 tbsp vanilla essence
- 1 cup self raising wholemeal flour
- 3/4 cup pecan meal
- 1/4 cup pecan pieces
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| Ingredients: pecan nuts, banana, honey, wholemeal flour, olive oil, vanilla essence. |
Method
- Pre-heat oven to 210ºC (conventional oven), 190ºC (fan forced). Grease a 12 hole muffin pan.
- Mash bananas in a large mixing bowl. Add the honey and oil to the bananas and mix.
- Fold in the vanilla, flour and pecan meal and mix until just combined.
- Spoon the mixture into the moulds and bake at 210ºC (conventional oven), 190ºC (fan forced) for 20minutes, or until browned.
- When cooked remove the muffins from the mould and place on a wire rack to cool.
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| Making pecan meal |
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| Pecan meal: crushed pecan nuts |
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| Pecan meal added to the mashed bananas mixed with honey and olive oil |
For more pecan recipes, visit the Pecan Fan website
Do you bake with wholemeal flour?
What is your favourite nut?
I'm actually trying to decrease my use of wheat flour and look at alternatives. I have a sinking suspicion that I'm allergic or intolerant to wheat. However, bring those pecans to mamma :)
ReplyDeleteThis looks so good but I can't have wheat or Banana :( (well for the time being). I will have to get my Mum to try this recipe though: she loves pecans!!
ReplyDeleteLuc X
I'm a Pecan Fan! They are fabulous to cook with :)
ReplyDeleteI love that your muffins have no egg added. I am always on the hunt for egg free recipes for my mothers group catch ups. I have been testing out all sorts of organic and unrefined flours at the moment. I prefer rye to wholemeal.
These look great, a really healthy alternative to typical muffins and cakes. I'm also a pecan fan, love them in my DIY muesli in the mornings.
ReplyDeleteI made these with 1 cup of pecan meal and 3/4 cup of SR flour, and also added in about 1/3 cup of shredded coconut. Delicious!
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