Gluten-Free Muffins. All Variations

Making good gluten-free muffins takes a little practice!

The good news is, with each new batch, my gluten-free muffins are getting more delicious.

My most recent flurry of tinkering with gluten-free muffins is for my grandson’s sake. And I just can’t wait to bring him the latest batch, made with shredded carrots. Make your own gluten-free muffins with your favorite flavors, and I will name just a few.

For these gluten-free muffins, one of the flours I used was almond flour, just because I saw no reason to skip the nuts (my grandson is not allergic to nuts thank Gd) and almond flour imparts a wonderful flavor and delicate texture. But of course if you are dealing with a nut allergy as well as a gluten allergy, double up on other flours. Let me share by listing my gluten-free recipe exactly as I made it, using my favorite flours (almond and oat), then discuss other flavor and flour options.

Here I am giving you a single recipe of Gluten-free muffins.

But I should tell you I always make a double batch, why not, just as long as all ingredients are out and I got that oven going, plus my gluten-free muffins freeze perfectly.

You will notice that these gluten-free muffins have a little more oil and more eggs than my regular wheat muffins, but the extra oil and egg seem necessary to ensure very moist muffins.

As always I use ingredients that provide optimal nutrition:

Nuts, seeds, oat flour, tapioca etc…. Nothing but the best and most nutritious. Pretty soon you will come to think of muffins not as weakness, but indeed as a legitimate small meal: Your best friend when you are looking for a healthy sweet.

If you intend to bake gluten-free muffins, bread and other treats on a regular basis, it really pays to buy larger containers of gluten-free flours. I buy them in price clubs or online because smaller containers can really err on the expensive side. I prefer to make my own gluten-free flour mixture rather than buy gluten-free flour mix. But of course if you come across a gluten-free flour mix brand that uses healthy ingredients, go ahead and use it in your recipes. You need a total of 4 cups (including the tapioca, which the mix most likely includes).

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup coconut sugar
• 1 cup plant milk
• 1 cup vegetable or room temperature coconut oil
• 3 cups grated carrots, packed

• 2 tablespoons cinnamon
  
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup tapioca flour or arrowroot flour
• 1 1/2 cups almond flour
• 1 1/2 cups oat flour

Instructions