This recipe is adapted from Dr Mark Hyman recipe. It’s great for adults and kids a like. They are grain free muffins, made of almonds, so make for a great breakfast or satiating snack. The almonds, apples/pears and sunflower/nut butter provide these muffins with fibre, protein, healthy fats, iron, and vitamin E. The fruit also provides pectin, a prebiotic that feeds your gut bacteria.
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- ¼ cup sunflower butter (or other seed/nut butter)
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 apples/pears, coarsely grated with peel
- 2.5 cups blanched fine almond flour
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp. nutmeg
- ½ tsp. cardamom
- ¼ tsp. Himalayan salt
- 1 tsp. coconut flakes (optional)
Method
- Preheat oven to 350F and layout 12 cupcake holders in a muffin tin
- Add the eggs, sunflower seed butter and vanilla extract into a bowl and whisk to combine
- Add the apples/pears to the mixture and stir to combine
- Mix all the dry ingredients together and then add to the wet ingredients
- Divide the mixture evenly amongst the 12 muffin cups and sprinkle coconut flakes on top if using
- Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
