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Banana Chocolate Chip Donut Holes

It's hard to look at these and think "clean" but they are and you'd never know.  You can make this recipe as doughnuts, muffins, or bread.  

Ingredients:
-3 ripe bananas
-2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
-2 large eggs
-1/2 cup pure maple syrup
-1 tsp baking powder
-2 tsps vanilla extract
-1/2 tsp kosher salt
-1/4 cup cocoa powder  
Optional: 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or chocolate chips (mini or regular are fine, but try to chose semi-sweet if you can't find dark)

Directions:
-Preheat Oven to 350 degrees. Line a loaf pan with parchment paper or use non-stick spray, silicone liners, or muffin liners
-Combine bananas, oats, eggs, maple syrup, baking soda, vanilla, cocoa powder, and salt in a blender or food processor. Blend/process until you have a smooth batter, about 1 minute. (If using walnuts or chocolate chips, fold into the batter once well blended.)
-Pour into prepared pan of choice. If making a bread it looks pretty topped with banana slices.
-Bake until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. About 25 minutes for bread, or 15 min for muffins or doughnuts (if using a doughnut pan).
-Let cool in pan, invert loaf onto cooling rack to cool completely or take out muffins using a buttered knife to go around the edges. Place on cooling rack.
-ENJOY!!!

21 Day Fix containers: 1 Y, .5 P