Gluten Free Muffins

Basic recipe for gluten free muffins. Yields 12 regular muffins, although I recommend not filling the cups fully and making them smaller. Gluten-free batter doesn’t hold together as well as regular one, so if filled fully, they’ll have a tendency to overflow and create a bit of a ‘mushroom’ top.

Gluten Free Muffins

Ingredients:

Dry ingredients

  • 1.5 cup gluten free flour
  • 0.5 cup almond flour (or 0.3 cup more gluten free flour)
  • 1.5 teaspoon baking powder
  • 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
  • 0.5 teaspoon salt
  • 0.25 teaspoon nutmeg

Wet ingredients:

  • 2 large eggs
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 0.5 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice or zest
  • 1 cup yoghurt
  • 1 cup of mix-in, see options below
  • 2 tablespoons honey

Method:

  • Preheat oven to 220 degrees, line muffin tray with standard cups
  • In a bowl whisk together all the dry ingredients, set aside
  • Beat together eggs and sugar until fluffy
  • Running the mixer on low slowly add oil
  • Still running on low add a third of flour mixture followed by half of yoghurt. Continue mixing and repeat. Then add remaining third of the dry ingredients.
  • Mix until batter is smooth. As opposed to batter with regular flour this can’t be overmixed as there’s no gluten release
  • Stir a mix-in of your choice, note ‘trick’ comment at the end.
  • Distribute into the tray, bake for 10 minutes then reduce the temperature to 180 degrees and bake for another 15 minutes until the tops are browned.
  • Once done let cool down on a wire rack

Mix ins:

  • Any sorts of berries – blueberries or raspberries are a classic
  • Raspberry / white chocolate – half a cup of each
  • Lemon / poppyseed – two tablespoons poppyseed and candied lemon
  • Apples – a cup of shredded apples with cinnamon

Trick – to prevent the berries from staining the bottom, first distribute half a tablespoon of the mixture without the mix in into the liners. Then proceed as nomal.


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