Gluten Free, Grain Free Spiced Carrot Muffins

Recipe Description:

These muffins are slightly sweet, subtly spicy and very satisfying. A healthful choice, these muffins are gluten free, grain free, and full of nourishing ingredients! A great way to start the day or just right for an afternoon snack, these muffins freeze well (great for busy mornings) and are good right from the fridge or reheated in the oven or toaster oven and served with butter, made from the milk of grass fed cows.

Prep Time: 15 Minutes

Cook Time: 30 Minutes

Servings: 18 muffins

Difficulty: Easy

Recipe Ingredients:

5 pastured eggs

4 TBL grassfed butter, ghee or coconut oil, melted and cooled slightly

¼ cup real maple syrup (could use honey)

3 cups grated, peeled carrots (organic preferred)

3 cups blanched almond flour

2 tsp unrefined sea salt

1 tsp baking soda

1 TBL ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground nutmeg

1 cup chopped walnuts (soaked/dried are best)

¼ cup shredded, unsweetened coconut, optional

Recipe Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 F.

In a large glass bowl, whisk eggs, butter, vanilla and maple syrup together. Add grated carrots and mix well.

In another glass bowl, combine almond flour, salt, soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir to combine. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients a bit at a time, mixing well before each addition. When combined, fold in walnuts and coconut (if using) and scoop into parchment lined muffin tins (a ¼ cup measure or ice cream scoop works well). Bake for 25-30 minutes until slightly golden and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow to cool 5-10 minutes before removing from pan and serving.

Makes approx 18 muffins.

Store covered in the fridge. Great right from the fridge or warmed in the oven, freezes well- thaw slightly and reheat in the oven or toaster oven. Do NOT microwave!

Author: RealFoodWholeHealth

Hi! I'm Amy and I'm part of the team at Real Food Whole Health. I'm a nutritional therapist (working on a traditional foods, GAPS, paleo, gluten-free paradigm), certified GAPS practitioner, natural fertility expert, gluten-free (and mostly grain-free) real food cook and recipe creator and all around real foodie! I love sharing recipes and discovering new ones. View all posts by RealFoodWholeHealth

3 thoughts on “Gluten Free, Grain Free Spiced Carrot Muffins”

Have you ever made these in a cake form for a grain free carrot cake?

Hi Kara!

I have, and it’s delicious with whipped topping or creme fraiche. I’m sure a buttercream or cream cheese icing would be perfect as well.

Enjoy!

I just made these muffins and they turned out OK. Not as good as I thought they would be. I would also like to note that it says to mix in vanilla and the recipe doesn’t say how much vanilla to use. I also thought the recipe called for a bit too much salt. Overall I think the idea is great, the recipe just needs a little bit of tweaking.

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