Oatmeal Banana Protein Muffins

Happy hump day!  I love short weeks that go by quickly and this is definitely one of those! 
I have been on a baking hiatus for the last month, but now that our challenge is over I have this urge to bake as much as possible.  So I always turn to #1: cookies, obviously.  I love me a good chocolate chip cookie.  I tried this new recipe for some healthy peanut butter and chocolate cookies, but they didn’t turn out that great, so I’ll be trying that recipe again soon.  And #2: muffins.  I love making muffins since the whole family can enjoy them.  We don’t let baby A have cookies yet.

I didn’t have all the ingredients for some usual favorites, so I used what was available and I was pleasently surprised at how good they turned out!  They are pretty darn tasty!

Oatmeal Banana Protein Muffins

* 2 1/2 cups oats
* 2 smashed bananas
* 1 cup vanilla almond milk
* 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
* 2 eggs
* 1 tbsp baking powder
* 1 tsp vanilla
* 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:
* Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
* Mix all the ingredients together, except chocolate chips, until well combined.
* Fold in chocolate chips until just combined.
* Spray muffin tin with non-stick spray.
* Fill with batter until almost full.  These muffins won’t rise much.
* Bake at 375 for 15-17 minutes. (Note: If you decide to do mini muffins, bake for 13-15 min.)
* Let cool in muffin tin.
* Store in air tight container.

These are super yummy and healthy too!

You can also freeze these to eat at a later date.  I made both regular size muffins and mini muffins to see how they turned out and you get so many mini muffins that I always freeze a few for later.

Enjoy!