Savory Apple Muffins
Updated Jul. 26th, 2017
Is it a breakfast muffin, or is it a dessert? Whichever way you eat it, you’re going to enjoy these sweet and savory apple and cheddar muffins! With lots of fiber from the apples – and even more so if you leave the peel on from organic granny apples, you’ll feel fuller longer when you eat them as part of a nutritious breakfast! Got carried away and made too many? Put them in a basket and bring them to your office for a teatime snack, everyone will love the gesture!
- Gluten Free
- Dairy Free
- Sugar Free
- Vegetarian
Ingredients:
| wet | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup unsweetened, not-from-concentrate apple juice | 1 egg | 2 tablespoon unpasteurized honey |
| 1/2 cup gluten-free date sugar | 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted |
| dry | ||
|---|---|---|
| 3/4 cup almond flour | 2 tablespoon milled flax seed | 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| 3/4 cup brown rice flour | 1 tablespoon gluten-free baking powder | 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg |
| 3/4 cup arrowroot starch | 1/4 teaspoon sea salt |
| add-ins | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup diced granny smith apple (approximately 1 medium-sized apple) | 1 cup/package of happy days goat milk cheddar cheese, grated |
Directions
Set your oven to 375F
- In a large bowl, combine all of your dry ingredients and mix together. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, combine all of your wet ingredients until well incorporated.
- Slowly combine both of your bowl mixture together, stirring just enough to ensure there are no pockets of flour not being mixed in.
- Using a spatula, fold in your apples and cheddar cheese.
- Grabbing a lightly oiled muffin tin, spoon your mixture until ¾ of the way full. Place in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes – do the toothpick test if you’re unsure if they’re cooked!
- Serve warm!
Make It This Way
If you’re having a hard time finding unsweetened, not from concentrate apple juice, try making your own with a few apples tossed into your juicer for an even fresher taste!
You can make this recipe egg-free by substituting the egg with a flax seed egg.
Flax seed egg substitute:
The measurement below replaces one egg
1 tbsp finely ground flax seed
3 tbsp warm water
Try This
These sweet and savory muffins would be a great addition to your breakfast, pair with a healthy smoothie and you’ve got a perfect breakfast on the go!
I personally love apple muffins and between apple muffins and banana chocolate chip, those are my favorites! Something about the apples makes them so soft and chewy. I love how this recipe contains flax seeds as well, they are a great source of fiber and Omega 3 and have so many beneficial health benefits to them, incorporating them more into my diet is something that I have been really wanting to do so I love when I find good recipes that include them.
Hello, OH,
Both muffin flavours are delicious! Apples provide a nice sweetness that remains healthy and really bring a feeling of comfort, especially during the autumn season. This recipe is loaded with ingredients that are good for you, such as flax seeds like you mentioned. If you're interested in learning all the benefits flax has to offer, have a read through this article on flax oil:
https://www.nationalnutrition.ca/articles/supplements/flax-oil/
So many of the muffins that you buy in the store are not satisfying. Which is sad because muffins have such great potential (I have particularly fond memories of the muffins that both my mother and my grandmother baked when I was younger). This muffin recipe that you share sounds like the perfect balance between wholesome (yay to almond flour, whole grain flour and flax seed, which helps with the heartiness) and sweet (fruit and honey). I may have to make some muffins myself now!