Dates and chocolate vegan muffins

-1 ¼ cups finely chopped dates

– 1 cup water

– ¾ tsp baking soda

Dry:

• – ¾ cup whole wheat flour
• – ½ cup oat flour
• – ¼ cup + 2 tbsps cocoa powder
• – 1 tsp baking soda
• – 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt

Wet:

• – ½ cup oat milk (or other plantbased milk)
• – 2 mashed ripe bananas
• – 1 tbsp liquid coconut oil
• – 1 tbsp nut butter
• – ¼ cup chocolate chips (optional, but it makes them more chocolatey !)
• “1tsp vanilla essence

Preparation:

• Grease a muffin pan (it makes approx. 9 muffins) with coconut oil and preheat your oven to 180c
• Put the dates and the water in a pan on medium heat. When it’s boiling, add the baking soda and stir to ‘’break’’ the dates. Let simmer a little bit until it looks like a date paste. Add a little bit of water if it looks too dry. Then, set the mixture aside.
• Put all the dry ingredients in a large bowl and add the wet ingredients to them (including the date paste!). Stir until heavenly combined, but not too much and add the chocolate chips.
• Put the mixture into you muffin pan and bake for 20-22 minutes. A knife should come out clean!
• Let cool a little moment and enjoy !