I have used this month to try so many low carb gluten free recipes for myself. As you know I am taking part in Bake-a-thon, where a group of bloggers get together to post only baked goods every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Today is the third day of the event and here is one more delicious muffin recipe using coconut flour. If you want to know more about the coconut flour I am using, please check my home made coconut flour post. Coconut flour is one of the best flours to use in a low carb and gluten free diet. Using it in cooking can be tricky as it absorbs a lot of liquid and you would end up with a very dry bake. So even though we get hundreds of recipes online, we need to understand the flour to get good results.
When I saw a beautiful lemon poppy seed muffin with coconut flour, I bookmarked it to try. I love the lemon poppy seeds combination but unfortunately I didn’t have any poppy seeds. So I topped the muffins with some roasted almonds to give it a crunch. The addition of lemon zest is so important as it gives the muffins a wonderful flavour. Add lemon juice according to your liking. The amount I added gave a slight tang, but next time I would add more. The texture of the muffins turned out amazing and it felt like I was eating a lemon poppy seed cake. The muffins don’t rise much, so I would make only four next time. If you happen to have some poppy seeds, then add 1/2 tbs in the batter. It would be great. Do not over bake these muffins. Bake only for 20 minutes. Though they may seem slightly under cooked, they will continue cooking while cooling down. If you try to get a firm muffin in the oven, then you might end up with very dry muffins.
Recipe Source: Cook Eat Paleo
Makes 6 Muffins
Ingredients:
Egg – 2
Lemon Zest – 1 tbs
Lemon Juice – 2 tbs
Ghee – 2 tbs
Stevia – 1/4 tsp
Erythritol – 1 tsp
Vanilla Extract – 1/2 tsp
Salt – a pinch
Coconut Flour – 3 tbs
Baking Powder – 1/2 tsp
Almonds
Procedure:
Preheat oven to 175°C.
In a bowl, take eggs, lemon zest, lemon juice and ghee.
Beat until well combined.
Add in coconut flour, salt, baking powder, stevia and erythritol.
Add in vanilla extract and mix to form a smooth slightly runny batter.
Line a muffin tray with paper liners or use silicon moulds.
Divide the batter between them.
Top them with sliced almonds.
Bake for 20 minutes.
When coming out of oven, they may seem slightly under baked, but remove it. Otherwise they will become dry.
Cool in the pan.
Remove and serve at room temperature.
Low Carb Coconut Flour Lemon Muffins Recipe
Ingredients
- Egg - 2
- Lemon Zest-1 tbs
- Lemon Juice - 2 tbs
- Ghee - 2 tbs
- Stevia - 1/4 tsp
- Erythritol - 1 tsp
- Vanilla Extract - 1/2 tsp
- Salt-a pinch
- Coconut Flour - 3 tbs
- Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp
- Almonds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 175°C.
- In a bowl, take eggs, lemon zest, lemon juice and ghee.
- Beat until well combined.
- Add in coconut flour, salt, baking powder, stevia and erythritol.
- Add in vanilla extract and mix to form a smooth slightly runny batter.
- Line a muffin tray with paper liners or use silicon moulds.
- Divide the batter between them.
- Top them with sliced almonds.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- When coming out of oven, they may seem slightly under baked, but remove it. Otherwise they will become dry.
- Cool in the pan.
- Remove and serve at room temperature.
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Coconut flour is tricky to bake with given it is so dry. The texture of your muffin looks great.
Coconut flour muffins , wow Gayathri , these sound so good , very delicious . I will check your post for this flour . What are the other things which can be made with this flor ?
The muffins look super interesting .
I prepare all my bakes including cakes, bread and pies with coconut flour. It is quite interesting to work with.
How incredible and super moist those muffins looks, love lemon flavoured bakes, am sure this low carb lemon muffins will definitely please my tastebuds.
Quiet interesting muffin and hard to believe it’s made with coconut flour,got a lovely texture.Must be a flavorful one.
Gaythtri Kumar…as I have not stevia.. erythritol and coconut flour…bt I want to make these muffins….plz help..
Please check amazon. All these ingredients are available there.
That’s a fantastic bake Gayathri, making it so healthy with coconut flour, the texture looks so good..
Loving your coconut flour bakes gayathri, i too have got a packet, will experiment with it soon.
Lemon muffins with coconut flour are so detachable. Feel like grabbing some from the plate. Beautiful presented Gayathri.
I am loving all your gluten-free bakes Gayathri. These coconut flour and lemon muffins look soft, fluffy and delicious.
The muffins look so good! I am really tempted to try these for myself but I have to decide if I need to eat my eggs boiled or as a part of a muffin… hehe… The thing with coconut flour is that you use so little but you end up having lots, and it feels like magic, isn’t it?
Perfection to the core.. Lemon and coconut must be super yummy… Sugar free is another added advantage!!
Coconut flour muffins sounds a great and healthy idea..love the way you have topped it with almonds don’t know when but the top view makes me remind of rasmalai, they look so soft and yummy.
This is so perfect for a low carb and healthy diet!! I agree with you that coconut flour is the healthiest of all..
coconut flour is an interesting flour to work with and you are weaving magic with all these bakes with this flour, Gayathri. Lemon in muffins is such a great perk-me-up flavour. good one…
That’s a fantastic post. I went and read your coconut flour making post. I had never thought of making coconut flour at home since it is easily available for me locally and I got to learn today that I could make something out of the pith after extracting coconut milk.
citrus is so bright and refreshing in bakes – the flavor of this cake must have been awesome
You are a treasure house of knowledge. Now got to learn about baking with coconut flour. Looks super
Agree with Veena you are a treasure trove of knowledge. These muffins look amazing will start from scratch that is making coconut flour.
Sugar-free, gluten-free muffins with coconut flour.. what a treat for those with dietary restrictions and who want to enjoy sweet treats. The muffins looks great and dso tempting!!
You are creating magic with coconut flour Gayathri! The cakes look so good!