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Gluten free carrot muffins.

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My son loves muffins when he comes home from school so I came up with this healthy gluten free version that is low in fat and delicious and moist.

Gluten free carrot muffins.
 
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Recipe type: Breakfast snack
Cuisine: gluten free baking
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 cup brown rice flour
  • 1 cup buckwheat flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ salt
  • 2 TBLS ground flax seed (mix with 4 TBLS warm water)
  • ½ cup sliver almonds or mixed walnuts(optional)
  • ½ brown sugar
  • ¼ apple sauce
  • ¾ cup orange juice
  • 1 egg
  • 1tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp allspice
  • 2 cups shredded carrots
  • ¼ cup dark chocolate chips or raisins (optional but my son won't eat them unless they have chocolate chips.
  • ¼ cup coconut oil or olive oil
Instructions
  1. Beat the egg
  2. Add melted oil and sugar and orange juice and mix with the blender
  3. Mix together dry ingredients
  4. Add liquids to dry ingredients and mix quickly
  5. Gently stir in grated carrots and add nuts and chocolate chips
  6. Spoon into coconut oiled or pam sprayed muffin tins
  7. Fill almost to the top to make 12 regular size muffins or 36 mini muffins
  8. Bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees.