Delicious Clean Muffins



This recipe is very adaptable and flexible - you can add the flavours you like.

Originally i used this recipe to make lemon muffins, which i love. They turned out moist and delicious.
I had a few over ripe bananas in the fruit bowl so i decided to use the same recipe to make banana muffins, which also turned out delicious.
I'm sure any fruits, dried fruits, or nuts that you add to this recipe will turn out great! I want to try using poppy seeds with the lemon mixture next :)!

I used both muffin cases and no muffin cases when i made the lemon muffins and found that using the muffin cases worked a lot better. Make sure you grease the cases as well - i use olive oil cooking spray (pictured below). But when making the banana muffins i only tried using muffin cases and found they stuck to the cases (which i did grease). So you could try just greasing the tins and not using cases and see if that works better.






Ingredients 

 1/3 cup of agave nectar (or raw honey/maple syrup)
3 eggs
1/2 cup of natural yoghurt (greek or coconut yoghurt works well)
(Banana muffins - add 3 ripe bananas (mashed)
Lemon muffins - add the zest of one lemon and the juice of two lemons)
1 tablespoon of melted coconut oil (you could use olive oil)
3 cups of almond meal
1 teaspoon of baking soda .




Method

 1. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees.
2. Line your muffin tin with muffin cups (or without) and grease them.
3. Put the agave nectar, eggs, and yoghurt into a bowl and whisk until combined.
4. Then add in the flavourings you are using (lemon zest and juice or mashed bananas).
5. Add in the oil and then whisk again.
6. Add in the almond meal and whisk until combined.
7. Add in the baking soda until combined.
8. Use a tablespoon and spoon a heaped tablespoon of the mixture into each muffin case.
9. Bake for 15-20 minutes until they are golden on the top and cooked through (skewer should come out clean).
10. Take out of muffin tray and put on a cooling rack.




This mixture does make a large amount of medium sized muffins. If you are using larger muffin tins you may need to bake them for longer. I always have lots so i store some in an air tight container and freeze the rest.

I decorated the banana muffins with natural greek yogurt and banana chips which give them a bit of added flavour and crunch!

Enjoy x

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