How to Make Low Carb Muffins!

Muffins were one of my favorite breakfast items growing up. There's nothing like the smell of blueberry or banana nut muffins in the morning!
I decided to create my own version of the yummy treats since I can't have regular muffins made with traditional flour and sugar.
Check these out for a yummy low carb substitute!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 2 tbsp. cup coconut flour
• 2 tbsp. oat fiber or oat flour ( wheat flour may be used, but I don't eat wheat products )
• 2 tsp. Splenda
• 1 tbsp. flaxseeds, milled or ground
• 1/2 cup egg substitute or 2 eggs
• FLAVOR OPTIONS- See tips
• 1- 10 or 12 cup muffin pan or individual silicone muffin cups

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix the coconut flour, oat flour or fiber or other flour you may be using, and the flaxseeds. Stir in the cinnamon and Splenda next.

2. Add the egg product or two eggs. Stir well. The mixture will be thick.

3. Add in flavor options..see tips below.

4. If you're using a muffin pan, spray with nonstick spray first. Using a dipping spoon or small ladel ( or a regular spoon ), scoop the muffin mix and divide into muffin cups filling them 3/4 full.
   
   If you're using the individual silicone baking cups which I love, place them all on a cookie sheet for easy oven clean up! Then dip the batter into the cups filling 3/4 full. No nonstick spray needed.

5. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes until the tops are golden.

6. Serve with coffee and use Walden Farms sugar free/calorie free pancake syrup to dip your muffins in. This stuff is SO good. I use it on everything!
   
   Makes 10-12 muffins

Tips & Warnings

• Flavor options that you can mix in with the flours are :
• 1. 1 tbsp. of banana cream flavored sugar free Jello powder( tastes like Banana nut muffins! )- Just be sure to add 1 tbsp. of water or milk to the final batter so its not too dry. Sprinkle in 2 tbsp. of nuts of your choosing to accompany.
• Other yummy Jello sugar- free versions include Strawberry Banana, Chocolate, Vanilla, Cheesecake ( VERY GOOD! ), butterscotch and more! Check out all the sugar free versions to see which one you might want to use.
• 2. Try adding 1 tbsp. pumpkin to the mix and a dash of cloves and nutmeg! You'll think you're eating pumpkin pie for breakfast..so good! Just be sure to buy the canned pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling which has added sugar
• 3. Add 1 tbsp. of a flavored sugar free syrup like Davinchi which is now available at Walmart in Hazlenut, Caramel, Vanilla, Raspberry and Kahluha flavors YUM! Torani brand also makes SO many types of syrups available that are sugar free.
• 4. Get creative with nuts and spices to experiment with in your flavor options. For example , Walden Farms ( www.waldenfarms.com ) makes many different jellies and jams that are calorie and sugar free. I love using the Apple Butter flavor. Use 1 tbsp. in your muffin recipe and a tbsp. of nuts! Yum! Smuckers sugar-free line of jellies and preserves also make great add-ins.
• 5. Try adding 1 tbsp. of a flavored or Greek-style plain, sugar free yogurt for flavor options. Check out my article on How to Eat Sweets and Get Skinny for suggestions:)
• Do not overbake! Tops will be just slightly yellow/golden when they are done.

[CubicleJoe]

on 8/28/2008 Wow. Thank you. I absolutely love muffins but have to reduce my sugar and fat intake. This is great. I will be trying these.

[acole]

on 8/26/2008 Great recipe. Why don't you eat wheat products Manhattan?