Carrot Buckwheat Muffins

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Description

Theses dense gluten-free carrot muffins are made with buckwheat flour--they're delicious with your morning coffee or afternoon tea and they freeze well, too.

Ingredients

1/2 (12 ounce) package carrots, grated
1 1/2 cups raw cane sugar
1 1/4 cups buckwheat flour
5 tablespoons blanched almond flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup whole milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 tablespoons chopped raw almonds

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 355 degrees F (179 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
2 Mix carrots and sugar in a bowl and set aside so carrots can release their liquid and soften.
3 Combine buckwheat flour, almond flour, baking powder, and cinnamon in a large bowl. Whisk together applesauce, milk, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract in another bowl. Pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Fold in the carrot-sugar mixture.
4 Spoon about 1/4 cup batter into each prepared muffin cup and sprinkle with chopped almonds.
5 Bake in the preheated oven until the tops have slightly browned and a toothpick comes out clean, 20 to 23 minutes Turn off the oven and leave muffins inside without opening the door for 5 minutes.
6 Remove from the oven and transfer muffins to a wire rack to cool completely.