Grain Free Spice Muffins

In my kitchen domination post on Monday, I mentioned the recipe for grain free, protein packed spice muffins.  These muffins are similar to a spice bread I made not so long ago, but the recipe for that was only shared with those who read skinspot’s letter of news.  Side note: if you want to be a part of this very elite club, sign up here.  However, I switched up the recipe a bit for two reasons: 1. I wanted muffins instead of a loaf (hate the word “loaf”) of bread to aid in portion control.  2. I needed to find a use for the Amande yogurt that I purchased, because I am not a huge fan of it on its own.

And with those very important facts, I bring you the recipe. This recipe was adapted from Elana’s Pumpkin Pie Muffins.

The Goods

• 1c almond flour
• 1/2c vanilla spice protein powder- you could use any vanilla protein powder
• 1/2c pumpkin pie puree- you could also use regular pumpkin puree
• 1/2c Amande- you could use Greek yogurt, coconut yogurt, unsweetened applesauce, or 1C of pumpkin puree instead of the 1/2c mentioned above.
• 1/3c molasses- you could also use maple sryup, but it would lose some of the “spice”
• 2eggs
• 1/4t sea salt
• 2T coco oil
• dash of cloves
• 1t cinnamon
• 1/2t nutmeg
• 1/4t ginger
• 1/2t baking soda
• 1t vanilla

How to:

1. preheat oven to 350
2. grease muffin tins with coco oil, or line w/ paper liners
3. combine all wet ingredients in a large size bowl
4. combine all dry ingredients, including spices, in a medium size bowl
5. add dry ingredients to wet
6. disperse batter among muffin tin
7. bake for 30-35 min

yummmm

On a different note: I discovered a new snack.

Baked sweet potato + 1/2c 2%Greek yogurt+ 1T ground flax= pure bliss

Burt got to clean up the Greek yogurt container. Who needs a dishwasher?

Please note that Burt brings all goods back to his apartment (aka the gray fluffy monster).

get after it

And with that, I am off. Happy Wednesday!