No Sugar, Gluten-Free Carrot Muffins

Healthy, sugar free carrot muffin topped with chopped almonds in a colored cupcake liner with more muffins in a muffin tray behind it.

No Sugar, Gluten-Free Carrot Muffins

Healthy carrot muffins with no refined sugar! Naturally sweetened, dairy-free, and gluten-free, these moist muffins are perfect for kids, lunchboxes, and easy meal prep.

Course Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword carrots, dairy-free muffins

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 25

Total Time 30

Servings muffins

Calories 121kcal

Author Shelby Stover

Equipment

Ingredients

2 Bananas ripe
2 Eggs
8 Dates soaked inw arm water for 20 minutes
¼ cup Applesauce unsweetened
½ tablespoon Cinnamon
½ teaspoon Ginger
¼ teaspoon Nutmeg
3 tablespoons Coconut oil measured solid then melted
1 cup All-purpose gluten-free flour cloud nine was used
½ cup Almond flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon Baking soda
1 cup Shredded carrot
3 tablespoons almonds chopped for topping, optional

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
In a powerful blender, combine the bananas, applesauce, dates, spices, and melted coconut oil. Blend until combined and creamy.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, meal, powder and baking soda.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix.
Stir in the grated carrots until everything is combined.
Prep a muffin tray with liners and portion out the batter evenly.
Top each carrot muffin with chopped almonds.
Bake the carrot cake muffins for 15 minutes, rotate the tray and bake another 8-10 minutes or until cooked through.
Remove from the oven and let sit in the tray until fully cooled.

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Notes

All gluten-free flour blends have a different makeup. This healthy carrot cake muffin recipe was made with Cloud 9 Flour. Other flour blends may alter the texture slightly.

Do not overmix the batter. Only mix the ingredients until just combined. Overmixed gluten-free batter results in dense muffins.

Use a silicone muffin tray or silicone muffin liners so that your muffins don't stick in the pan.

Grate the carrots finely; toddlers like this better.

If you're making carrot cake muffins for toddlers, it's best to omit the chopped almonds.

Want sweeter muffins? Add in ½ cup raisins to the recipe!

All of these ingredients can be found in my Pantry Staples.

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