Pumpkin cranberry muffins

(from mal246’s recipe box)

Categories: Paleo

Ingredients

  • 6 eggs, beaten
  • 1/4 cup pumpkin puree (can be canned or fresh, if fresh, cook, cook and strain excess water from your pumpkin before using it in this recipe)
  • 1/2 cup butter or coconut oil, melted (I prefer butter for flavor but if you can’t eat it, use coconut oil – I like Tropical Traditions Green Label
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 cup honey or maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup coconut flour
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 Tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/2 cup fresh cranberries

Directions

  1. preparation

  2. Preheat oven to 350F.

  3. Whisk the eggs, pumpkin, butter or coconut oil, pure vanilla extract, and maple syrup together in a large mixing bowl. Sift in the coconut flour, sea salt, baking soda, and pumpkin pie spice and stir until well combined. Gently fold in the cranberries.

  4. In a muffin tin, scoop 1/4 cup of the batter into each lined muffin cup (natural parchment muffin papers work best for lining), and bake for 35-40 minutes.

  5. change it up!

  6. Add chopped walnuts and/or semi-sweet chocolate chips to the mixture before baking or place some on top.

  7. For bulkier muffins, add 3 cups of shredded carrots to the mixture before baking.

  8. To make this recipe 21-Day Sugar Detox friendly, replace the sweetener (honey/maple syrup) with 1 mashed green-tipped banana.

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