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These delicious moist and super easy, Nutella Banana Swirl Muffins with healthy Barley flour is a perfect choice for a breakfast, kids snack or for a quick sweet treat. Because of the goodness of barley flour and bananas these muffins are definitely a guilt free snack.

Barley is high in fiber, especially beta-glucan, which may reduce cholesterol and blood sugar levels. It may also aid weight loss and improve digestion. Studies also suggest that it also reduces heart disease risk.

So instead of using regular wheat flour if you use Barley flour for your bakes, cakes or muffins you’ll be getting extra nutrition in your diet.

Past few months I’ve been working on adding barley flour in my cakes and muffins and I must admit that I’m quite impressed by the results. The bakes comes out perfect, moist and decadent and I don’t even miss a bit of all purpose flour or wheat flour.

What we need:

This recipe for Banana Nutella Muffins is a basic banana muffin, so you should be having almost all the ingredients in your pantry. Barley flour is what you’ll be needing extra other than regular wheat flour.

Bananas: Make sure to use only over ripe bananas.

Flour: Barley flour

Salt

Sugar: I like to use both brown sugar and granulated sugar.

Butter/Oil: I’ve used unsalted butter and oil both.

Baking Powder

Baking Soda

Butter milk

Egg

Vanilla Extract

Cinnamon powder

Nutella: I’ve used store bought Nutella

Ingredients: (16 muffins)

2 over ripe bananas

2 eggs

1 1/2 cup barley flour

70 gms soften unsalted butter

2 tbsp vegetable oil

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/8 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp cinnamon powder

1/3 cup butter milk

100 gms Nutella

Instructions:

▪️ Preheat the oven to 170 degree Celsius. Line your muffin tray with the muffin liners.

▪️ In a bowl sieve the dry ingredients (flour, salt, cinnamon, baking powder and baking soda) and set aside.

▪️In a separate bowl mash the over ripe bananas with the help of fork. Now whisk butter, oil, brown sugar and white sugar to a smooth consistency. Crack the egg one at a time and whisk. Add vanilla extract and whisk again.

▪️ Add the dry ingredients into the wet mixture. Fold and combine well. Pour the buttermilk and fold it to a smooth consistency without any lumps.

▪️Scoop out the batter and fill the muffin tray till 3/4. Now add a tsp of Nutella on top of the muffin. Add one more tsp of muffin batter on top of the Nutella. Swirl the Nutella and batter with the help of a toothpick.

▪️Bake the muffins for 18 mins or until the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

▪️Serve warm or store it in an airtight container until ready to serve.

Notes: This Banana Nutella Swirl Muffins can be stored in an airtight container for 3 days in a room temperature and for a week in a refrigerator.