Cinnamon Apple Muffins
These gluten free and dairy free Cinnamon Apple Muffins are a great way to embrace fall flavors! They are lightly sweetened, keeping them low sugar & perfect for everyone
Servings 12 muffins
Ingredients
- 2 cups grated apple *about 2-3 apples
- 1 1/2 cups 1:1 gluten free flour
- 1/2 cup tigernut flour *or almond flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup olive oil *melted coconut oil also works
- 1/2 cup applesauce *if you are a huge cinnamon fan, you can use cinnamon applesauce
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Chop and grate your apple. Place shredded apple in a paper towel or cheesecloth and gently squeeze once to remove just a little bit of the moisture. Don’t overdo it and don’t squeeze all the liquid out. Set aside.
- Sift all dry ingredients together in a bowl (flours, baking soda, salt, cinnamon).
- Combine all wet ingredients together in a separate bowl (eggs, oil, applesauce, maple syrup) and beat until smooth.
- Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and combine on low (with paddle attachment if available).
- Fold in the shredded apple.
- Divide batter evenly among a lined muffin tin. you should get 12 muffins.
- Bake for 23-27 minutes, until a toothpick just comes out clean. Start checking at 23 minutes and don’t over bake!
- Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan then remove muffins to a wire rack to finish cooling.