Friday, June 26, 2015

Healthy PB Chocolate Muffins

Lately these have been my go-to breakfast: I bake a bunch at once, freeze most of them, and every morning I pull out two and microwave them for thirty seconds. That, plus whatever fruit I have in the house, makes a really satisfying and filling breakfast that keeps me full until lunchtime - which is saying something where my metabolism is concerned! I actually put this recipe through a nutrition calculator and was excited to see that each muffin has 8 grams of protein. (That's more than an egg!) I'll include the full nutrition info at the bottom.

2 eggs
1/4 c canola oil
1/2 c honey
1/2 c kefir (or buttermilk, 1/2 milk and 1/2 yogurt, or milk soured with a little lemon juice)
1/2 c PB
1.5 c whole wheat flour
3/4 c oats
1 T baking powder
3/4 t salt
1/3 c cocoa

Preheat oven to 350 and grease a full-sized muffin tin. Add eggs, oil, honey, kefir, and peanut butter to a medium-sized bowl and mix thoroughly. Carefully scoop flour and oats onto the top of the wet ingredients without stirring them in. Add baking powder, salt, and cocoa, and use a fork or a whisk to sift them into the flour mixture before stirring the dry ingredients through the wet. Fill muffin cups and bake for 18 minutes. 

8 comments:

  1. About how many muffins does it make?
    -Kate

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  2. So, did I miss the nutrition facts on this somewhere or were they forgotten? I'm curious about the carbs on these, they sound super tasty :)

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    1. You know what, I totally accidentally closed the calculator before I finished the post and never did go back and do it because it's a pain. But for you I will. ;)

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    2. Having had to put a lot of recipes into nutrition facts calculators myself, I understand the pain. :) I ended up doing it so we could have these today. Here's the facts, in case you want to add them later

      Calories: 237
      Calories from Fat: 92
      Total Fat: 10.2g 16%
      Saturated Fat: 1.7g 8%
      Trans Fat: 0.0g
      Poly Fat: 2.8g
      Mono Fat: 5.2g
      Cholesterol: 32mg 11%
      Sodium: 316mg 13%
      Total Carbohydrate: 33g 11%
      Dietary Fiber: 4g 15%
      Sugars: 14g
      Sugar Alcohol: n/a
      Protein: 7g
      Potassium: 240mg 7%
      Phosphorus: 270mg 27%

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    3. You are awesome!!! They're certainly not low-carb, but you could easily swap out the wheat flour for something like almond flour. I just love them because there's no refined sugar (and not even a tremendous amount of honey), and there's so much protein that I can eat two for breakfast and be full and satisfied until lunch. And they satisfy my chocolate craving so I don't want to eat the sugary stuff. ;)

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