Bakery-Style Apple Pie Protein Muffins
These Bakery-Style Apple Pie Protein Muffins are tall, fluffy, and loaded with juicy Honeycrisp apples and warm cinnamon. They’re sweetened with ripe banana and maple syrup, get a protein boost from vanilla protein powder, and come together in one bowl.
Servings 12 Muffins
Calories 198kcal
Equipment
- Cooling Rack
Ingredients
- 2 very ripe bananas (1 cup mashed)
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted and cooled
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour or GF flour, loosely scooped
- ½ cup vanilla protein powder of choice
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 small apples diced (I used honey crisp)
Instructions
- Start by preheating your oven to 375°F and lining a muffin tin with liners. If you’re skipping liners, spray the tin well so the muffins pop right out.
- While the oven heats up, dice your apples and set them aside.
- Next, mash the bananas on a plate with a fork until they’re a smooth paste. I know it sounds fussy, but a flat surface makes it so much easier to get every lump out than mashing in a bowl.
- Scrape the bananas into a large bowl, add the cooled melted butter, and whisk until combined. Then add the egg, maple syrup, and vanilla, and whisk again.
- Add the flour, protein powder, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt right on top of the wet ingredients. Stir with a spatula just until you can’t see any dry flour, and then stop.
- Gently fold in the diced apples with as few strokes as possible.
- Scoop the batter into your muffin cups (nine for big muffins, twelve for regular) and bake for 18-25 minutes. Ovens vary, so start checking early. When a toothpick in the center of a muffin comes out clean, they’re done, and mine are always ready right around the 19-20 minute mark.
- Let them cool in the tin for a few minutes, then move them to a wire rack.
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Nutrition
Calories: 198kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 170mg | Potassium: 166mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 283IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 77mg | Iron: 1mg
