another lockdown weekend; another funny muffin story!
yesterday i was absolutely exhausted. i had bitten off too many weekend projects, had too many meals to cook and way too many things to tidy and by the time our muffin baking rolled around i had really had it with the idea of being in the kitchen.
my beautiful children came to the rescue! alegra loves all things cooking related anyway so she was ready to help and alara has been studying like a crazy person for her upcoming in-person exams. we still don’t know if these exams will actually happen but, rightfully so, she really wants to be prepared. give or take a few days, when she goes back mid-week, she will have not hand any in person learning for exactly 12 months. (the other two did have the opportunity to go to “real” school in the fall so alara holds our family record for number of days of online school.)
i had planned to make some very berry muffins- one of my favorites- but i had not planned well enough to actually make sure we had all the ingredients we might need. oops.
we did seem to have an inordinate amount of coconut flour, so that is what we used. the end result was good, although very coconutty! if you do decide to recreate our coconutty berry muffins just be prepared to use a bit more almond milk as coconut flour tends to soak up liquid more than other gluten free flours.
ingredients:
- 1 ½ cups gluten free flour (in hindsight i recommend using an almond flour and oat combo)
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- ¾ cup nut mylk (or more if using coconut flour)
- 1 flax egg (or regular if not vegan)
- 8 tablespoons melted coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup mixed frozen berries
- ¾ cup brown sugar
instructions:
- preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius (375 f)
- prepare muffin tin with liners
- combine berries and sugar and mix gently- set aside
- mix flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger together.
- in a separate bowl combine nut mylk, flax egg and melted coconut oil
- make a well in dry ingredients and pour wet ingredients in
- mix until just combined; adding more nut mylk if necessary- batter should be moist and may have some small lumps
- add berry mixture and mix gently
- spoon batter into muffin tins – cook for 20-25 minutes until toothpick comes out clean and tops are browned
- cool slightly on cooling rack and serve warm for a perfect breakfast treat!
**recipe loosely adapted from ina garten’s barefoot contessa cookbook**
a certain slant of light 