This is a simple recipe that you can vary to your tastes by adding almond, coconut, orange or even mint extract. These muffins don’t photograph well, but are beautifully moist and taste absolutely amazing.
3 cups blanched almond flour, lightly packed
1 heaping tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp vanilla bean powder (optional)
3 eggs, at room temperature
1/4 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup coconut nectar, honey or liquid sweetener of choice
2½T unsweetened coconut milk (I used So Delicious brand)
3-4 drops Medicine Flower Vanilla extract or 1 tsp regular vanilla extract
1 drop Medicine Flower Almond extract (optional)
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350ºF. In a medium-sized bowl, stir together all dry ingredients with a spoon except chocolate chips. In another bowl, beat eggs with a hand mixer. Add coconut oil, coconut nectar and milk plus extracts of choice.
Stir wet ingredients into dry with a spoon, then fold in chocolate chips. Scoop into paper-lined mini-muffin tin or silicone mini-muffin pan, filling each cup completely full or overflowing if you want bigger minis.
Bake for approximately 30 minutes, depending on size of your mini-muffin pan. Makes about 14 large mini-muffins (if you can forgive the oxymoron).
This recipe is linked to Muffin Monday, Slightly Indulgent Tuesday, Gluten-Free Wednesdays, Allergy Friendly Friday and These Chicks Cooked.
I think they photographed well! You can tell they are moist and they look delicious!
Thanks, Sarena!
These look fabulous! Thanks so much for linking them up at Muffin Monday! Have a great week!
My pleasure, Kathryn. You have a great week as well!
These look amazing! I didn’t know you could bake with only almond flour. I agree with Sarena. The photographs are great! They make me want to run out to the store right now and restock my fridge with So Delicious Coconut Milk and chocolate chips so I can make these muffins right away!
Thanks, Paulette! You and Sarena are really helping to soothe my feelings of photographic inadequacy. I’m glad you liked the recipe. If you try it, let me know how it works out for you. In the meantime, have a fantastic week!
Nicole – your blog is lovely – glad I found it! And your recipes look mighty tasty too!
Thanks, Ina! I love your blog as well. In fact, your MimicCreme Pudding recipe is one of my all-time favorites. I’ve used it over and over again since you posted it, varying it with different extracts and flavor combinations. Fabulous stuff! Thanks so much for stopping by.
These are so cute; love ‘em! I just found your blog tonight and it’s great! So happy to find another fabulous foodie!
Have a great week. Excited to see more of your recipes!
Thanks so much! I don’t know how your blog escaped me until tonight either. I just took a look and you have some dazzling recipes. Can’t wait to try some of them. Have a wonderful week!