Apple cinnamon muffins (Gluten free, AIP, paleo)

Autumn is the perfect season for apple cinnamon muffins. Those are absolutely delicious with a nice cup of green tea.

Each time I eat one of those delicious and moist apple cinnamon muffins, I struggle a lot resisting the temptation to eat more than one! Personnaly I think it is my best recipe so far.

Ingredients

• Fresh Apples
• Apple sauce : make sure to use unsweetened apple sauce
• Tigernut flour : This recipe uses tigernut flour (or almond flour for those who are not on AIP). If you are on AIP and still in the elimination phase, unfortunately there are no possible substitution for the tigernut flour. Why? Because all the other AIP compliant flours have very different texture and they all need their own amount of liquid. So it is not possible to replace the tigernut flour with another flour without altering the entire recipe.
• Arrowroot : it is a starch. If you are not cassava intolerant, you can substitute it with tapioca starch (also called tapioca flour). Other possible substitutions, only if you are not on AIP nor Paleo diets: you can use potato starch or corn starch instead of arrowroot.
• Maple syrup : If you want to reduce the maple syrup quantity in this recipe, I suggest replacing it by same quantity of oil of your choice
• Apples : use sweet apples like Fuji or Gala
• Oil of your choice: I either use extra virgin olive oil or coconut oil
• Baking soda
• Lemon juice (or apple cider vinegar)
• Cinnamon

Can I make a loaf instead of muffins?

Yes! If you don't have a muffin pan or simply don't feel like having muffins, you can make this as a loaf instead of muffins. Just follow the instructions in the recipe card for the bread.

How to make these

In a large bowl, combine the tigernut flour, arrow root, baking soda and cinnamon. Stir.

In another large bowl, combine the apple sauce, maple syrup, lemon juice (or ACV) and olive oil . Mix until combined.

Peel and cut the apples in small pieces.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix until well combined. Then add the apple pieces and mix again.

Line or lightly oil a muffin pan. Fill each muffin cup with batter, you should get about 6-8 muffins depending on your pan.

Bake for about 20-25 minutes. To make sure that they are cooked, insert a thin bladed knife into the centre of one muffin, the knife should come out clean. And voilà! Let them cool down before removing them from the pan. Bon appétit!

About substitutions

This recipe uses tigernut flour (or almond flour for those who are not on AIP). If you are on AIP and still in the elimination phase, unfortunately there are no possible substitution for the tigernut flour. Why? Because all the other AIP compliant flours have very different texture and they all need their own amount of liquid. So it is not possible to replace the tigernut flour with another flour without altering the entire recipe.

On the other hand, if you are not on AIP nor nut intolerant you can subsitute almond flour for tigernut flour on a 1:1 basis.

Can you freeze them?

Yes! They freeze extremely well. Which is so convenient!! So nice to have a delicious snack or dessert that is ready to be eaten in the freezer (ok just need to be defrost). About defreezing one of these delicious muffins, you can either take it out of the freezer a few hours ahead or pop it in the microwave oven (if you still have one, like me, and yes I know that they are very controversial health wise but nobody's perfect lol) for 1 minute or pop it in the oven for a few minutes.

Please let me know if you try this recipe by leaving a comment or by tagging me on Instagram or whatever : I'm always happy to have your feedback. And do not hesitate to share this recipe!

Other recipes you might like

If you are looking for more tigernut flour / almond flour recipes you can check the following recipes :

• Coconut free Banana bread (AIP, paleo, vegan)
• Carob zucchini bread (Coconut free, AIP, paleo)
• Fudgy brownies (Coconut free, AIP, paleo, vegan)
• Banana blueberry muffins (Coconut free, AIP, paleo)
• Zucchini and pesto muffins (AIP, paleo, vegan)
• Zucchini and tuna bread (Coconut free, AIP, paleo)

Apple cinnamon muffins (Gluten free, AIP, paleo)

4 from 25 votes

Recipe by gohealthywithbea.com - http://www.gohealthywithbea.com Course: Breakfast, DessertCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

8

servings

Prep time

15

minutes

Cooking time

20

minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup + ⅓ cup (150 g) tigernut flour (if you are not on AIP nor nut intolerant, you can use almond flour instead of tigernut flour)

• ¼ cup + 1Tbsp (50g) arrowroot (see notes below for substitutions)

• 1 cup (240 g) unsweetened apple sauce

• 1.5 cups (180g) apple (once peeled and seeds removed which makes about 2 apples)

• 2 Tbsp maple syrup (See notes if you want to reduce quantity)

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 1 Tbsp lemon juice (or apple cider vinegar)

• 1 tsp cinnamon (see notes for other spices options)

• ¼ cup (60 ml) oil of your choice (extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil...)

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 360° F (180° C)
• In a large bowl, combine the tigernut flour, arrow root, baking soda and cinnamon. Stir.
• In another large bowl, combine the apple sauce, maple syrup, lemon juice (or ACV) and olive oil . Mix until combined.
• Peel and cut the apples in small pieces.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix until well combined. Then add the apple pieces and mix again.
• Line or lightly oil a muffin pan (or a rectangular 4x8 inches baking tin if you are making a bread). Fill each muffin cup with batter, you should get about 6-8 muffins depending on your pan.
• Bake for about 20-25 minutes for the muffins (or about 35 minutes for the bread). To make sure that they are cooked, insert a thin bladed knife into the centre of one muffin, the knife should come out clean. And voilà! Let them cool down before removing them from the pan.
  Bon appétit !

Notes

• Although I spend quite a lot of time converting all my recipes to cups (yes, manually, in my kitchen!) I highly recommend using a scale and measuring for weight rather than using cups. The reason for this is, apart from the whole debate on accuracy, the density of certain gluten free flours and starches differ a lot from one brand to another. Also keep in mind that all cups are not the same size all around the world which makes another good reason to use a scale so you won’t get this issue.
• If you are not cassava intolerant and don’t have any arrowroot you can substitute it with tapioca starch/ flour which is also AIP and paleo compliant. If you are not on AIP nor Paleo diets you can use potato starch or corn starch instead of arrowroot.
• If you want to reduce the maple syrup quantity, I suggest replacing it by same quantity of oil.
• Cinnamon is high in histamine so if you are looking for other spices options to replace cinnamon I suggest a pinch of ginger (no more than ⅛ tsp) or 1 tsp of vanilla.

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