Learn how to use matcha powder in your favorite baked goods! When you do, you'll energize your day with this deliciously healthy matcha muffin recipe! Baking with matcha is easy and tasty, especially when you whip up these healthy green muffins featuring banana and maple syrup.
Here's a morning wake-up recipe guaranteed to brighten up your morning! Learn how to use matcha powder to make these deliciously energizing green muffins.
Earlier this year, I had food sensitivity testing done (which is when I came up with my Almond Raspberry Banana Baked Rice recipe!). Coffee, one of my greatest loves, was one of the foods I tested sensitive to. The test results confirmed what I'd already known in my gut (pun intended!) for awhile: Before the test, I was drinking several cups of coffee a day, and I'd often get horrible stomaches after. I'd sometimes get reflux, too.
I've spent the past several months experimenting with what type and amount of coffee I can tolerate. I've now found that I can have a shot of espresso or a latte many days, but I usually need to cap my coffee intake at a couple of beverages. And while I do sip the occasional cup of coffee, my body better tolerates espresso-based drinks.
The beauty of food sensitivities is that all of this changes with time, so maybe my coffee tolerance will increase in the future! (Want to know more about food sensitivities? Read my "What Does It Mean to Have Food Sensitivities?" article for Sonima.com.)
I had a hard time deciding whether to share my caffeine battles with all of you. But ultimately, I get my most creative when trying to come up with food solutions. So that's where these tasty matcha muffins (made with culinary matcha powder) come in! Does matcha green tea have caffeine? It absolutely does!
So to combat my caffeine troubles, I learned how to use matcha powder in recipes. You get a buzz from the caffeine, and you also get that delicious matcha flavor.
For awhile, I cut out coffee completely. And those were some hards months.
I love tea, and I was curious about how to incorporate a little bit more caffeine into my day. So that's where these matcha green muffins come in! This matcha muffin recipe is made with culinary matcha for a caffeine boost, and they also contain cacao nibs for a bit of additional caffeine. How to use matcha powder in a recipe? Well, I'm about to tell you! Baking with matcha really isn't so difficult.
These healthy matcha muffins are a great for a start to the morning because they don't contain a lot of added sugar and they also offer protein from the milk and cottage cheese.
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And if you're looking for more matcha green tea recipes, you must taste my matcha ginger latte.
I hope you enjoy these matcha green muffins as much as I do!
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Ingredients:
Cooking spray
1 cup all-purpose flour
2/3 cup whole-wheat flour
1 1/2 teaspoons culinary matcha powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
Dash of salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup 1% fat small-curd cottage cheese
3/4 cup milk or milk alternative (I used unsweetened rice milk)
1 ripe banana, mashed
1/2 cup maple syrup
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup cacao nibs
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375° F. Coat non-stick muffin tray with cooking spray. Mix flour, matcha, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Add eggs, cottage cheese, maple syrup, oil, and vanilla extract, stirring minimally. Fold in cacao nibs. Spoon batter into muffin tin, filling each cup about two-thirds full. Bake about 12-15 minutes, until cooked through. Serves 12.
Nutritional information per serving: Cal: 150 Fat: 5 g Sat fat: 2 g Pro: 6 g Carbs: 21 g Sugar: 2 g Fiber: 5 g Chol: 30 mg Sod: 75 mg
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