Apple Buckwheat Muffins

Thank you “Moon and Spoon and Yum” for this sweet little gluten-free muffin recipe! I adapted it slightly to make it dairy-free as well :)

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups buckwheat flour

• 1 cup tapioca flour

• 2 teaspoons baking powder

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

• 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom

• `1/2 teaspoon sea salt

• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

• 3 large eggs

• 1/2 cup maple syrup

• 1/2 cup plain coconut yogurt

• 1/3 cup coconut oil

• 1/3 cup rice milk

• 2 apples (1 grated, 1 thinly sliced for topping)

• coconut sugar for sprinkling (optional, but delicious)

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a muffin tin. Set aside.

• In large mixing bowl combine dry ingredients buckwheat flour through cloves. Stir to combine.

• In another large bowl combine eggs, maple syrup, yogurt, oil and milk. Whisk until smooth.

• Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix until smoothly combined.

• Fold in one grated apple.

• Spoon your muffin batter into your greased tin, filling each right up to the top.

• Thinly slice an apple and place 2-4 slices on each muffin, pushing them down slightly into the batter.

• Optionally, sprinkle the tops with coconut sugar.

• Bake for 18-20 minutes or until the edges are turning golden and the centers are firm.

• Let cool for at least ten minutes before lifting from the tin. 

Enjoy!

Adapted from: https://moonandspoonandyum.com/gluten-free-buckwheat-flour-apple-muffins/ 

Approved for: Adrenal Diet, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free

Filipa Bellette is Co-Founder of Chris & Filly Functional Medicine. She is an accredited Clinical Nutritionist & Functional Medicine Practitioner. She is also a Ph.D. thought-leader, award-winning writer, and regularly published as a guest blogger & in the media. Together with her husband Chris Bellette, Filipa has worked with over 2,000+ busy, burnout clients in the last 10+ years, and specialises in producing healthy, balanced, and happy Mums & Dads...or as she calls it, a Power Parent! Filipa’s own passion for producing high-performance Power Parents came from her own personal experience of Mummy Burnout, after having babies and juggling the demands of business, family, and her failing health.