Almond Flour Carrot Muffins – Texanerin Baking

These almond flour carrot muffins are tremendous moist, evenly sweetened with honey, and even just a little fluffy! They’re the proper Easter deal with, and the reviewers have been loving them for the previous 11 years. They’re paleo however have a cream cheese frosting possibility.

Initially posted in 2014, I’ve up to date this recipe with extra data and new images.

Right here’s an previous one for reference. They had been initially known as more healthy carrot cake cupcakes, which was a dumb identify as a result of they only had a tiny little bit of frosting on them. However the texture may be very cupcake-like!

I modified the identify as a result of folks saved asking how one can make these with solely coconut flour – which doesn’t work. Extra on that under.

So, these at the moment are almond flour muffins with a tiny little bit of coconut flour to assist enhance the feel.

Ingredient notes

Listed below are some notes on choose substances. Please scroll to the underside of the publish to seek out the complete recipe card!

• Finely floor blanched almond flour – don’t substitute with coconut flour or one other flour, as it is going to drastically change the recipe. Almond meal would work, however then you definately’ll have little brown specks of pores and skin in your muffins. They gained’t style in another way, although.
• Coconut Flour – earlier than I posted this recipe, I had made these muffins with simply almond flour a number of occasions. However irrespective of how I modified the recipe, they saved popping out greasy. So I added just a little coconut flour, which helps take up moisture and provides construction. Drawback solved they usually got here out completely! Sadly, there isn’t an alternative to coconut flour.
• Eggs – I’ve tried egg subs on this recipe, they usually simply don’t work. Grain-free muffins are undoubtedly far more finicky than common muffins and omitting 2 eggs from a recipe that solely yields 8 muffins simply doesn’t work.
• Refined coconut oil – you should utilize unrefined if you happen to don’t thoughts coconut taste. You should utilize melted butter or one other impartial oil as a substitute.
• Grated carrots – pre-shredded carrots are thicker and drier, which might have an effect on the feel of the muffins. So I actually suggest shredding them your self. I normally use this Microplane Medium Ribbon Grater when grating carrots for carrot cake and different treats, and it really works nice right here. The photographer grated them extra coarsely than I did within the authentic images, and that’s why the muffins within the new images look a bit totally different.

Can I simply use all coconut flour?

I had one commenter say her muffins got here out dry, regardless of following the recipe – apart from utilizing coconut flour rather than almond flour.

That doesn’t work. Coconut flour isn’t interchangeable with some other sort of flour.

It’s SO rather more absorbent than different flours. Please comply with the recipe if you need it to work.

If you wish to solely use coconut flour, it’s important to discover a recipe already calling for that.

Can I add walnuts, raisins or pineapple?

I’ve tried it out with 1/3 cup of raisins and 1/4 cup walnuts. That labored nice.

One commenter mentioned that that they had used crushed pineapple, however they didn’t come again to say how a lot they added or in the event that they made different changes.

I don’t see how that’d work. Even if you happen to pat it dry, I simply assume it’d make the muffins soggy.

One other commented mentioned they added 1/3 cup of contemporary chopped pineapple and had good outcomes. I feel that’s extra more likely to work out higher than crushed pineapple.

How you can make them

1. In a big bowl, whisk collectively the dry substances.
2. In one other bowl, whisk collectively the moist substances till easy.
3. Slowly combine the dry substances into the moist substances.
4. Stir till simply mixed.

4. Gently fold within the grated carrots.
5. Divide the batter evenly between the muffin cups.
6. Bake till the tops are golden and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clear.
7. Let the muffins cool within the pan earlier than transferring them to a wire rack.

Suggestions for fulfillment

Listed below are just a few key suggestions to make sure your muffins prove completely each time.

• Use room temperature eggs – this helps them incorporate extra evenly into the batter.
• Finely grate the carrots – bigger items gained’t mix as properly and may create a dense texture.
• Measure the flours appropriately – coconut flour is very absorbent, so an excessive amount of or too little can change the feel. Please use a scale!
• Allow them to cool fully – they are going to be delicate when heat however agency up as they cool.

Can I make it as a layer cake?

I’ve made this recipe a number of occasions as a layer cake, and the result’s a bit too dense for my liking. I’ve typically had this challenge when attempting to make use of a grain-free muffin recipe for a cake.

Grain-free flours, like almond or coconut flour, are likely to make muffins denser and extra compact. Muffins can deal with this as a result of they’re baked in small parts, however a layer cake wants a lighter, extra structured crumb to assist stacking and layering.

Another excuse is that many grain-free recipes depend on substances like eggs, nut flours, or coconut merchandise, which maintain a whole lot of moisture. Whereas this works for muffins, a cake made with the identical formulation might prove too moist, heavy, or unstable when layered.

Muffins additionally don’t want as a lot rise as a cake, so a muffin recipe might not have sufficient leavening brokers (like baking soda or baking powder) to create a tall, fluffy cake. Truffles require extra aeration to attain a young crumb that may assist frosting.

If you wish to attempt, anyway, you possibly can double the recipe and baked it in two 8″ (22 cm) pans for 17 minutes.

How you can make forward, retailer and freeze

As soon as baked, the muffins might be saved at room temperature in an hermetic container for as much as two days. If it’s essential to retailer them for longer, place them within the fridge, the place they’ll keep contemporary for as much as 4 days.

To increase their shelf life, wrap particular person muffins in plastic wrap and retailer them in a freezer-safe bag. They are often saved frozen for as much as three months. When able to eat, merely thaw at room temperature or heat them barely within the microwave.

Troubleshooting

• Muffins are too dry or dense – verify your coconut flour measurement and be sure you didn’t overbake.
• Muffins are too moist – did you utilize finely floor blanched almond flour? In case your almond flour isn’t finely floor, it gained’t be as absorbent, leading to wetter, greasier muffins.
• Muffins didn’t rise – guarantee your baking soda is contemporary and that you simply used massive eggs.

Different gluten-free Easter desserts

These Birds Nest Cookies are additionally paleo (and vegan!) and tremendous cute for Easter.

This Gluten-free Carrot Cake is tremendous moist and the very best carrot cake I’ve ever had.

This Italian Lemon Almond Flour Cake isn’t precisely wholesome, however folks love it.

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• Prep Time: 15 min
• Prepare dinner Time: 18 min
• Prepared in: 33 min
• Yield: 8 muffins

Components

For the carrot muffins:

• 1 1/4 cups (125 grams) blanched almond flour
• 2 tablespoons (16 grams) coconut flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons floor cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon floor ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon floor nutmeg
• 2 massive eggs (50 gram every, out of shell), room temperature
• 1/3 cup (75 grams) refined coconut oil, melted
• 1/3 cup (106 grams) honey or maple syrup
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup (50 grams) grated carrots
• non-obligatory – 3 tablespoons finely chopped walnuts for the muffin tops

For the non-obligatory cream cheese frosting:

• 2 ounces (56 grams) cream cheese
• 4 teaspoons maple syrup
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• a splash of salt

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 °F (175 °C). Line a muffin tin with 8 muffin liners.
2. In a medium bowl, combine collectively the dry substances (almond flour by nutmeg). Set this apart.
3. In a big bowl, combine collectively the eggs, oil, honey or maple syrup, and vanilla.
4. Add the dry combine to the moist combine simply till mixed after which gently fold within the grated carrots.
5. Divide the batter evenly among the many liners (about 62 grams per liner) and high with chopped walnuts, if utilizing.
6. Bake for 17-20 minutes or till a toothpick inserted within the center comes out clear.
7. Let the muffins cool for five minutes within the pan after which take away to a wire rack to chill fully. Don’t frost till fully cool!
8. For the cream cheese frosting, combine the whole lot collectively till completely mixed. Unfold a skinny layer on high of every cupcake.
9. Unfrosted muffins might be saved in an hermetic container at room temp for as much as 2 days or refrigerated for five days. Frosted muffins ought to be refrigerated in an hermetic container for as much as 4 days.

Notes

1. Should you use unrefined coconut oil there could also be some coconut style to the muffins
2. I like to recommend finely shredding the carrots until you want noticeable shreds of carrots in your muffins.

Recipe by Texanerin Baking | www.texanerin.com