After going back to gluten free due to issues with the kids’ eczema and digestion, I’ve been trying to figure out a way to substitute gluten free flour for wheat flour in ways that are less labor intensive. Ever notice how replacing gluten means adding weird stuff like xanthan gum? It makes the flour stick together like regular flour. However, having a bunch of gum ingredients around is expensive and complicated. Plus, we learned the hard way that xanthan gum is not tolerated very well in more than trace quantities. So, I’ve been experimenting with konjac powder, or glucomannan, depending on your preferred label. Konjac is a yam that when ground into fiber powder, can be used as thickener or binder. It works for pudding, so I figured it might work for baking. And it does!
Gluten Free Banana Cinnamon Muffins {With Konjac Root}
- 5 over ripe bananas
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups gluten free flour like Namaste or Bob’s Red Mill
- 1 heaping teaspoon konjac root powder (glucomannan)
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 375ºF.
Peel and mash your bananas. You can do this by hand or with a fork. Add your packed brown sugar, softened butter, eggs, milk, and salt. Mix ingredients well. In a separate bowl, combine gluten free flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and konjac/glucomannan. Add half of the flour mix to the wet mix. Incorporate quickly. Add other half and mix quickly by hand with a large spoon. You need to act quick because of the konjac thickening quite quickly.
Line a muffin tin with paper baking cups and fill each to about 85% full. Place on top rack in oven at 375º for 15-17 minutes. They should appear ever so slightly underdone. Do not over bake or they will be dry and your liners won’t peel off smoothly. Pull them out and leave in the hot tin. Let them sit and slowly cool in the tin for an hour. This recipe make about 18 muffins.
These gluten free muffins are a bit gooey and lot delicious!
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