Gluten Free Banana Muffins with Brown Sugar Shortbread Streusel Recipe
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An easy gluten free banana muffin to add to your GF baking repertoire, or bake as a standard muffin but rely on to make as a gluten free option when needed.
Gluten Free Banana Muffins with Brown Sugar Shortbread Streusel
First let me say that these gluten free banana muffins need not be GF at all if you don’t need them to be. They can easily be made with regular all purpose (plain) flour or with 50% whole wheat flour with just a slight adjustment to the amount of oil in the recipe. Let me also say that I do not do a lot of gluten free baking at all. Since one of our nieces who does eat gluten free moved to town a little while back, she drops by occasionally for coffee, so I’ve been in the habit of keeping some all purpose…
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