Muffins

This is a basic coconut four muffin recipe you can use to make a variety of muffins.

3 eggs

2 tablespoons butter, melted

2 tablespoons coconut milk or cream

3 tablespoons sugar substitute

¼ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon vanilla

¼ cup sifted coconut flour

¼ teaspoon baking powder

Blend together eggs, butter, coconut milk, sugar sub, salt, and vanilla. Combine coconut flour with baking powder and thoroughly mix into batter until there are no lumps. Pour batter into muffin cups. Bake at 400 degrees F (205C) for at least 15 minutes. Makes 6 muffins.

Pecan Muffins

Make Honey Muffins as directed and add ½ cup of chopped pecans and ⅛ teaspoon almond extract.

Blueberry Muffins

Make Honey Muffins as directed and add ½ cup of fresh blueberries and ⅛ teaspoon almond extract. Blueberries should be dry. If rinsed, dry before adding to batter. Bake for 16-18 minutes.

Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

Make Honey Muffins as directed but omit the vanilla and add 2 teaspoons of lemon extract. Sprinkle poppy seeds on top of muffins just before baking.

Nancy <;0)

Thanks for this recipe - I am always looking for new coconut flour recipes to try - I love the stuff!

The muffins above, counted out --

..............................cal fat carb fiber ecc prot
per (large) egg.............72 4.97 0.39 0 0.39 6.29
per (large) egg.............72 4.97 0.39 0 0.39 6.29
per (large) egg.............72 4.97 0.39 0 0.39 6.29
per tbsp butter.............102 11.52 0.01 0 0.01 0.12
per tbsp butter.............102 11.52 0.01 0 0.01 0.12
per 2 Tbsp coconut flour...26 1.5 10 9 1 2
per 2 Tbsp coconut flour...26 1.5 10 9 1 2
2 tbsp coconut milk in can*.....59 6.4 0.84 0 0.84 0.61
* (or: per tsp coconut cream concentrate + up to 1/4c water for coconut milk would be: 31.2 / 3 / 1.1 / 0.43 / 0.67 / 0.3)
* (or: per 2 Tbsp cream {heavy whipping} would be: 104 11.10 0.84 0 0.84 0.61)
sweetzfree, salt, artif. vanilla (lower-carb than real), baking powder } fairly close to none, not counted

Per recipe (6 muffins):
Calories: 531
Fat: 47.35
Carbs: 22.03
Fiber: 18.02
ECC: 4.01
Protein: 23.72

Per muffin:
Calories: 88.5
Fat: 7.89
Carbs: 3.67
Fiber: 3.00
ECC: 0.67
Protein: 3.95

If you add a sweetener with carbs (like granular/pkt splenda) or other ingredients for the variants, be sure and add those numbers in.