Banana Pineapple Muffins

• Crumbly, lightly sweet muffins.
• Ideal for breakfast.
• No cane sugar, dairy-free.
• Naturally contain no gluten.
• Makes around 12 muffins.

Cuisine Coconut Oil 610ml, Organic & Odourless (Biona)

70g Coconut Oil, melted.

Organic Medjool Dates (500g) - Sussex WholeFoods

60-70g Medjool Dates, stones removed.

Organic Coconut Sugar (1kg) - Sussex Wholefoods

70g Coconut Sugar

Candied Orange Peel, Organic 500g (Sussex Wholefoods)

30g Candied Orange Peel.

Pineapple Pieces in Juice, Organic 425g (Biona)

80g Pineapple cubes, roughly crushed and slightly drained.

Pecan Nuts 1kg (Healthy Supplies)

50g Pecan Nuts, ground as finely as you can manage.

Vanilla Paste 100ml (Little Pod)

1 tsp Vanilla Paste

Organic Brown Rice Flour, Gluten-Free (1kg) - Sussex Wholefoods

175g Rice Flour

Organic Tapioca Flour, Gluten-Free (1kg) - Sussex Wholefoods

20g Tapioca Flour

Organic Potato Flour, Gluten-Free (1kg) - Sussex Wholefoods

25g Potato Flour

Sprouted Buckwheat Flour, Organic 500g (Rude Health)

60g Sprouted Buckwheat Flour

Baking Soda - Pure Bicarbonate of Soda 450g (Bob's Red Mill)

½tsp of Bicarbonate of Soda

Gluten-Free Baking Powder 130g (Doves Farm)

1 tsp of Baking Powder

Profusion Himalayan Rose Pink Salt - fine 500g

2 pinches of salt, optional.

Other Ingredients

• 2 Large Eggs
• 140g of Mashed Banana (this was about 1½ medium bananas)

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 160°c Fan/ 180°c / Gas Mark 4. Fill a deep bun tin with paper cases.
2. Remove the stones from the Medjool dates and squash into a paste with the back of a fork or whizz in a blender.
3. Grind the pecan nuts in a coffee grinder or food processor. Otherwise just finely chop.
4. Cream the coconut butter, the mashed dates and coconut sugar. Stir in the mashed banana and the vanilla paste.
5. In another large mixing bowl add the buckwheat flour, rice flour, tapioca flour, potato flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and a pinch of salt. Mix together.
6. Toss the candied orange peel in the flour to help prevent the fruit from sinking whilst baking. Now add the butter mix and the 2 eggs. Whisk by hand or preferably with a hand mixer or food processor.
7. Fold in the crushed pineapple.
8. Spoon the cake batter into the cake cases. Bake in the centre of the oven for 35-45 minutes or until golden brown and bouncy to the touch.
9. Allow to cool slightly before serving. Enjoy hot or cold.
10. Store in an airtight container for up to a week (if they don’t get eaten before!) Perfect as an on-the-go breakfast muffin.