Gluten Free Apple Muffins Recipe
These gluten free apple muffins are perfect for the week’s meal prep. I like to make them on a Sunday for easy grab and go snacks for the road or an easy recess snack for the kids.
Made with reduced sugar, they’re a healthier option that doesn’t go overboard with “healthy ingredients” that are the perfect segway for healthier eating for kids.
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Gluten Free Apple Muffins
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I try my best to make as many gluten free options as possible here on Randa Nutrition. I know many of you are gluten intolerant or have celiac. I myself have a sensitivity to gluten (it sets off my chronic hives).
I’m often asked about gluten-free flours. I personally like Bob’s Red Mill All-Purpose Blend but another fantastic option is oat flour.
Oat flour is made by blending oats into a powder. That’s it, it’s so easy.
You can buy it, but it’s cheaper (and only takes seconds) to make it yourself.
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Refined Sugar Free Options
You can swap the brown sugar with coconut sugar if you would like to make these apple muffins refined sugar-free.
You could substitute the brown sugar for maple syrup as well, but I prefer to substitute dry ingredients with other dry ingredients.
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How to make apple muffins
This recipe works best if you use a stand mixer, or hand mixer, as it requires you to cream the butter and sugar together. You can totally do this by hand, but it will be a bit of a workout.
21 Day Fix Treat Swap
By popular request, I am slowly adding container counts for those of you following the Ultimate Portion Fix.
1 muffin equals 1 yellow treat swap.
Tip: Before baking, rest the batter over night. This results in a softer muffin that tastes like the ones the sell at fancy bakeries. It definitely not necessary but if you have the extra time in your hands, definitely do it!
PS: This recipe uses oat flour, but here is a quick guide to alternative flours to see what will work for you.
Another gluten free flour is a 1:1 blend, which I used in these Gluten Free Pumpkin Spice Muffins.
Gluten Free Apple Muffins
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ Cup butter
- ½ Cup sugar
- ½ Cup brown sugar
- 1 Egg
- ¾ Cup Greek yogurt
- ¼ Cup milk cows, almond, cashew, etc
- 2 Cups oat flour
- 1 Tsp baking powder
- 2 apples shredded
- 1 Tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tsp cinnamon
Apple Muffin Glaze
- 2 tbsps milk
- 2 tbsps confectioners sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a muffin pan with muffin liners and set aside.
- In a bowl whip up butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the egg and beat until incorporated.
- Mix in Greek yogurt, milk, vanilla extract and cinnamon.
- Incorporate oat flour and baking powder and mix until the batter is shiny.
- Fold in the shredded apple.
- Divide the batter between the muffin liners and take to the oven.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until done.
Optional Glaze
- Combine the glaze ingredients and drizzle over the muffins once they pop out of the oven.
Notes
Nutrition
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