Gluten Free Orange Oat Muffins

Since I royally messed up this recipe a couple months ago, I'd thought I'd give it another go now that I know a little more about gluten free baking. This time I used these ingredients:

• 1/4 cup grape seed oil
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup almond milk
• 2 tbsp orange carrot juice
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp maple syrup
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp minced orange peel
• 1 cup almond flour/meal
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1/4 cup all purpose gluten free baking flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/3 cup raisins

Original recipe and cooking directions can be found here.

This muffin recipe really is incredible, definitely my favorite. Sorry blueberry almond meal muffins- I love you but you're in second place now.

Blueberry Almond Meal Muffins

Well, it's Saturday night and I'm at home with 4 dogs, making muffins, and watching a tv show about cute animals eating. Seriously, it's just cute animals eating. Is this what happens when you get old?

So back to muffins. My dietician gave me a list of foods to add to my diet and almond meal was one of them. I found this great recipe on damyhealth.com and decided to give it a shot. I'm almost Paleo now- my meals are always supposed to consist of a protein and healthy fat, and I can basically eat as much fat as I want as long as it's mostly from things like oils, nuts, seeds, and avocado. Apparently fat actually helps you lose weight! A quick explanation of the types of fats can be found here. This is a really healthy muffin option too because there are no grains in the recipe at all, just almond meal aka almond flour, which is just ground up almonds (helloooo protein!). It even tastes just like a muffin made with grain and has a fluffy consistency too. This muffin will definitely be a regular in my kitchen. I've already eaten 2...

 

Recipe copied from damyhealth, thank you Amy for creating this delicious recipe!
Ingredients:

• 2 Cups Almond Flour
• 2 Eggs
• 2 Egg Whites
• 1/4 Cup Agave (Honey, Maple Syrup or Stevia)
• 1/2 Tsp Baking Soda
• 1 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
• Dash of Salt
• 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
• 2 Tbsp Coconut Oil (or Other Healthy Oil)
• 1 Cup Blueberries

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 F.
2. Place all ingredients excluding blueberries into your food processor and blend until smooth.
3. Once completely mixed fold in blueberries.
4. Spray muffin tin or mini muffin tin with a healthy, non-stick cooking spray.
5. Evenly scoop batter into muffin tin.
6. Bake for 25 minutes.
7. Remove from oven and place on cooling rack.
8. Enjoy!

 

Recipe is FODMAP friendly too if you use maple syrup or stevia as a sweetener!

Orange Carrot Oat Muffins

This was my first attempt at baking with gluten free flour. I chose oat flour because it was safe- I'm familiar with the taste and bake with oats often. All purpose flour would have been a better choice but it has chickpea flour in it and chickpeas hate me. They turned out VERY DENSE (is it possible for something to be moist and dry at the same time?), but tasted great.

Recipe adapted from Yummly
Ingredients:

• 1/2cup olive oil
• 1/2cup vanilla coconut milk
• 2tbsp fresh orange juice
• 3tbsp sugar
• 1 large carrot shredded
• 1tsp ground cinnamon
• 1tsp ground ginger 
• 2tbsp maple syrup 
• 1cup rolled oats
• 1-1/4cup oat flour
• 1tsp baking powder

Preheat oven to 350F. Combine oil, sugar, coconut milk, orange juice, and shredded carrot together. Add cinnamon, ginger and golden syrup. Fold in oat flour, baking powder and oats. Spoon batter into muffin pan. Bake for 20-25min.