This one is for those who love muffins. It’s a simple mixture of almond, apple, egg and a few other ingredients to give a really delicious and moist muffin. As a bonus, it’s perfectly suited to those can’t tolerate gluten or any starch at all.
It’s ideal for school lunches: the lack of grains makes it a good, low GI snack. It’s also good for a party attracting dozens of people: who knows what food intolerances might turn up? Here’s one for the Fiesta Friday crowd.
Apple–almond mini-muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup of ground almond
- 2 eggs
- 1 large apple, peeled and finely diced
- 1 or 2 tablespoons of sugar
- 1 tablespoon of coconut oil (see notes)
- ½ teaspoon of baking powder
- ¼ cup of milk
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
- ½ teaspoon of cinnamon (see notes)
- ¼ teaspoon of nutmeg (see notes)
Directions
- Mix all the ingredients together with 1 tablespoon of sugar. Add the rest of the sugar in slowly until you have the taste you want. You might need even more than we have here if you have a sweeter tooth. The batter should be runny, like a normal muffin mix. You can add a bit of extra milk if you need to.
- Spoon (dollop) into small cupcake paper cups to about two-thirds full.
- Bake in a 180°C oven (350°F) for about half an hour, or until a skewer comes out cleanly.
Notes
Egg: Can’t eat egg? Sorry, but we haven’t been able to get this one to work without egg. The vinegar-water-bicarb mixture doesn’t quite do the trick (it was a total flop). We haven’t yet tried yoghurt.
Coconut oil: It needs to be runny for this recipe. So warm it up to 25°C (the melting point) if it’s a cold day.
Cinnamon and nutmeg: you can leave these out. Cinnamon has a lot of starch, and some very, very sensitive people won’t be able to tolerate even such a small amount.
Yes, please! These look fabulous…I can almost smell them and the wonderful spices you’ve added. Yummy! Thanks for sharing your recipe with the Fiesta Friday group!
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Enjoy! Thanks for dropping by.
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Cute! Mini means I can have more of them, right? 😉 Happy Fiesta Friday!
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That’s so right – the more the better. Happy Fiesta Friday to you, too.
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Thank god I have no allergy or food intolerance within the family whatsoever. The more I would enjoy these lovely muffins!
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You’re so right. The muffins are still great tasting for everyone.
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Wow, just ground almonds! I can only imagine…baking starch free must be super challenging, and it looks like you’ve done a fantastic job with these muffins!
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Thank you. They are indeed delicious. They’re great even if you don’t need starch-free!.
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I like your mini muffins – a whole cup of ground almonds with the apple I bet are delicious.
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Sure is delicious. Thanks for the compliment.
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I haven’t tried muffins with Apples, can you taste the chunks? These look really good. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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The chunks (which are quite small) come out as a mild, apple-flavoured texture. It’s certainly not a strong apple flavour.
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