Revised protein muffin recipe! Choose your own ending - blueberry or pumpkin chocolate chip

In a large bowl, blend together:

2 very ripe bananas OR 15 oz can of pumpkin

1/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce or apple baby food

juice of one small lemon

1/2 cup unsweetened almond or organic whole milk

4 egg whites
1/2 of an egg yolk (approx.)

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp cinnamon

3~4 tbsp stevia OR double the amount of honey (hubby is allergic to stevia, so when I make these for him I use honey instead)

1/2 tsp salt

2 tbsp oil of your choice.  I used coconut oil, but you have to make sure the mixture is at room temp before you add it, otherwise it hardens and is a pain.  You could prob use avocado oil or something...this is just to make them more tender.  It's optional if you can choke down super dry muffins.  (-:

Blend all this really well, then add:

2 scoops vanilla whey protein (or protein powder of your choice, vanilla flavored...if unsweetened, then add more stevia or honey)

Blend again well.  Then add:

2 cups of sifted oat flour...make sure you sift it or you'll get gross flour chunks.  I use a mesh strainer and a spoon to sift it because I don't have a fancy flour sifter.

 

(NOTE:  I am going to try cutting the oat flour with a little coconut flour to reduce the carbs.  I have not tried this, though, so proceed at your own risk if you try this.)

Mix again, well, on high; get as much air into the mix as possible, then sprinkle on:

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2~1 cup of frozen or fresh blueberries (if using bananas) OR dark chocolate chips (if using pumpkin)

Mix again on low until the leavening is well incorporated.  ladle out into oiled muffin tins.  Makes 11-12.

Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or so.

Jamie Eason's pumpkin protein muffins

I adapted this recipe from bodybuilding.com.  They make great snacks

Ingredients:
1/4 cup stevia
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 1/2 cups canned pumpkin (1 15 oz can or 1/2 of a 30 oz can)2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp Ground Ginger 
1/2 tsp Ground Allspice
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 scoops vanilla protein powder
1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk or nonfat cow's milk
4 large egg whites

Combine all these together and blend well with a hand mixer or a whisk.  Make sure all the protein powder is dissolved.

Add the leavening.  Also, at this point, preheat the oven to 350 deg F. and spray a muffin tin (12) or 9x13 " dish with olive oil

1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Then add the flour.  Make sure you sift the oat flour, either through a mesh sieve with a spoon or with a fancy-shmancy flour sifter if you have one.  The flour will clump badly if you don't do this and leave chunky bits in the end product which, speaking from experience, is super gross!

2 cups SIFTED Oat Flour

Bake 30-40 minutes.  Make sure they're cooked through - they're not that good if they're not cooked through.