Banana Muffins with Dark Chocolate and Walnut Crumble Topping

Banana Muffins with Dark Chocolate and Walnut Crumble Topping (yields 1 dozen)

Ingredients: (*use organic)

DRY INGREDIENTS

2 cups Flour

1/3 cup Pure Cane Sugar

1/3 cup Coconut Palm Sugar

1t Ground Cinnamon

2t Baking Powder

1/4t Baking Soda

1/4t Sea Salt

1/3 cup Dark Chocolate (chopped)

WET INGREDIENTS

1 cup Ripe, Mashed Banana (2-3 medium)

1/4 cup Unsweetened Applesauce

3T Almond Milk

1t Vanilla Extract

CRUMBLE TOPPING

3T Cold Butter

2T Flour

1T Brown Sugar

1t Cinnamon

1/3 cup Chopped Walnuts

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, mix all of your dry ingredients with the exception of the dark chocolate. In your stand mixer add all the wet ingredients and mix on medium. Slowly add you dry ingredients until the batter is mixed thoroughly (add the dark chocolate chunks as well). Use a spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl.

Crumbled topping can be made by mixing butter, flour, brown sugar and cinnamon with a fork until it becomes beady.

  Fill your muffin tin 3/4 of the way full.

 Add your crumbled topping and walnuts. 

Bake for 14-18 min or until a toothpick comes out of the center of a muffin clean. 

Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack.