Banana & Chocolate Muffins

Ingredients

• 1 cup plain flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. bi carb soda
• 4 tbsp. good quality cocoa powder
• ½ cup caster sugar
• 2 egg whites
• 3 tbsp. light marg spread (or butter)
• ½ cup low fat natural yoghurt
• 1 tsp. vanilla essence
• ½ cup almond milk (or low fat milk)
• 2 very ripe bananas, mashed

Method

1. 1Preheat oven 180C (350F). Set out 8 muffins in a patty tin.
2. 2Sift flour, cocoa powder and baking powder together in a large bowl and set aside.
3. 3With a mixer place Marg spread and sugar and beat for 1-2 minutes until sugar has dissolved. Add vanilla, mix, add yoghurt and mix. Stir in mashed banana.
4. 4Separately beat the 2 egg whites until stiff peaks form, set aside.
5. 5Heat almond milk in a cup in microwave for 30 seconds, add bi carb soda into milk and it should start to foam. Add to mix.
6. 6Now gently add egg whites with a wooden spoon, don’t beat this in, and gently fold in.
7. 7Spoon mixture into patty pans and bake for 25 mins, check after 20 mins with skewer.
8. 8Place on wire rack to cool down.