healthy apple muffins

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My family loves eating baked treats such as cookies, muffins, pizzas and so on. But ever since we have pledged to go gluten free, we have found it difficult to indulge ourselves. The gluten free products that we buy outside, do not taste as good, and sometimes I get skeptical about what goes into them.

I was looking for options to make gluten free baked goods at home, so when my friend from USA was visiting us, I asked her to get a packs of Bob’s Red Mill gluten free flour for us. I used the flour to make a batch of apples muffins that came out really fluffy and moist, with a yummy apple flavor running through it. I got the recipe from the official site for Bob’s Red Mill, and tweaked it a bit to suit our taste.

The kids loved it and the muffins disappeared in no time. I would definitely keep making this recipe again and again.

Recipe for gluten free Apple muffins

Prep time – 15 min Baking time – 20 min

1 cup gluten free flour (I used Bob’s Red Mill All purpose gluten free flour)

½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp xanthan gum

2 tbsp flax seeds powdered

1 tsp sugar

A pinch of salt

1/8th tsp cinnamon powder

1/8th tsp clove powder

½ inch ginger grated

2 apples peeled, cored and grated   

1 tbsp oil

Preheat the oven to 350F or 190C. Mix the flax seed powder with one cup of water and set aside. Mix the flour, baking powder, xanthan gum, sugar, salt and spice powders. After 5 minutes the flax seed mixture will turn into a gel like substance. Add the oil and flax seed mixture to the dry ingredients, and beat for roughly one minute. You can even mix it in by hand with a hand beater. Grease the muffin tray with butter or cooking oil and pour the prepared batter to fill three-fourths to the top. Bake for 20 minutes and check for doneness by inserting a tooth pick into a muffin. If the tooth pick comes out clean then the muffins are ready. Enjoy them warm from the oven for a healthy and tasty tea-time treat for your family

Tags: gluten free, vegan, healthy, afterschool, teatime  


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