Gluten Free Lemon Blueberry Muffins (vegan, paleo, AIP)
Delicious, moist and easy to make lemon blueberry muffins.
Servings: 8 muffins
Calories: 187kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 150 grams almond flour (make sure to use tigernut flour if you are on AIP )
- 60 grams arrowroot (see notes below for substitutions)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Pinch of sea salt
- 200 grams coconut yogurt (or any other kind of yogurt compliant with your diet)
- 4 Tablespoons maple syrup (see notes below about reducing quantity)
- 3 Tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 Tablespoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla powder
- 125 grams fresh blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 360° F (180° C)
- In a large bowl, combine the tigernut flour (or almond flour), arrowroot, baking soda and salt. Stir with a spoon.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the coconut yogurt, maple syrup, lemon juice, vanilla extract and lemon zest and mix until well combined.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix with a spoon until well combined.
- Add the blueberries and fold them into the batter.
- Line or lightly oil a muffin pan. Fill each muffin cup with batter, you should get about 8 muffins depending on your pan.
- Bake for about 25 minutes. To make sure that they are cooked, insert a thin bladed knife into the centre of one of the muffins, the knife should come out clean. And voilà!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.
- Arrowroot substitutions. If you are not cassava intolerant, you can substitute it with tapioca starch (also called tapioca flour). If you are not on AIP nor Paleo diets: you can use potato starch or corn starch instead of arrowroot.
- If you want to omit the maple syrup you can replace it with the same amount of oil or coconut milk.
- Please keep in mind that the nutritional information is calculated using a nutrition facts calculator. It is a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.
Nutrition
Calories: 187kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 152mg | Potassium: 82mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 34IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 86mg | Iron: 1mg