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SubscribeIngredients
1 cup flour *
3 T canola oil **
1/3 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup mashed or grated fruit or veggie ***See ideas below!
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In bowl, combine eggs, oil, sugar and mashed fruit or veggie. Whisk. Mix well.
3. Add flour, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon. Mix until it forms into batter. I use my hand mixer beaters. Add nuts if you like.
4. Pour into muffin cups like this.
5. Mini muffins: Bake 8-10 minutes. Regular muffins: Bake 15-2o minutes. Tops will turn golden. 6. Cool on cooling rack and then serve to hungry little people!
* Flour: I use 1 cup of GF Baking Mix. I recommend using 1/2 cup whole wheat flour and 1/2 cup white flour for the 1 cup flour requirement.
** Oil: If I double the recipe, then I will use 3 Tbsp applesauce and 3 Tbsp canola oil instead of 6 Tbsp canola oil.
***Fruits and Veggies: 1 cup mashed banana, 1 cup grated apple, 1 cup squash and 1 cup grated apple (double the recipe), 1 cup grated carrots (add 1/2 cup raisins if you like), 1 cup peeled and grated zucchini, 1 cup blueberries, 1 cup bananas and 1 cup strawberries (double the recipe)…or 1 cup of any other veggie you like…just mash or grate them up!
UPDATE: These freeze beautifully! Thaw in just 10 seconds in the microwave, or in a few minutes on the counter.
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Sounds yummy for my 13 month old but I was wondering if you know if they freeze well?
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To make this vegetarian or safe to eat uncooked (my favorite way to enjoy cookie dough) replace the eggs with 2 ripe smashed bananas!
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The muffins are fabUlous!
I made banana muffins the first go round, and could not keep the kiddos away… I am hoping to add just a few things to this recipe and have an apple struesel muffin! Thanks!
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I am a new reader and just wanted to let you know that the muffin recipe is super!! I made mini carrot muffins-they were so fast and easy to make and tasted great. Thanks!
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I made the muffins tonight and my little ones (and hubby
) LOVED them!!! Thank you!
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question: the recipe says 3T of oil. in the footnate, you say when doubling you do 1/3 c applesauce and 1/3 c oil. 3T is just less than 1/4 cup. so is the recipe just a typo or did you mean 1/3 cup total of just one of those things? just don’t want to add more fat than we need! thanks so much.
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Yes, I had the same question about the amount of oil. I think I must have done my wrong, because the tops of the muffins sunk in and they were strangely chewy, feeling almost not cooked enough. I think I used the wrong amount of oil.
Other question: No xantham gum in these at all?
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Amy- I don’t use xanthum gum when making the GFCFSF variery, as my GF baking mix has xanthum gum in it. If you are going to add xanthum gum, only add about 1/4 tsp or less!
Lindsey-
Yes there is a typo! SORRY! I do 3 T oil and 3 T applesauce when I double the recipe!
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Thank you so much for your quick reply! Now I know what I did wrong (waaaay too much oil and applesauce and no xanthum gum), so I’ll try it again tomorrow!
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Me again, sorry! Another question: I don’t see xanthum gum in Bob’s mix. Ingredients: garbanzo bean flour, potato starch, tapioca flour, whole grain sweet white sorghum flour, fava bean flour
Do you mean you make your own special GF mix using Bob’s by adding other stuff, like xanthum gum, to it? You might have posted a link onto another blog entry and I’ve just missed it. I’m new to your site and loving it! Thank you for all the work you put into this site. I feel inspired to try again to make healthy, affordable GFCFSF foods…I had kind of given up hope for a while that I could have healthy and affordable and tasty all at the same time!
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Amy! Glad these will be working out for you. I don’t usually add xanthum gum to muffins, just to cookies. I also make mini muffins, as I think they turn out better. If you have other questions, please email me 5dollardinners at gmail dot com
Thanks
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I made these today with bananas. Yum!
What kind of squash do you use? Have you tried pumpkin?
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I love this muffin recipe! I had been wanting a basic muffin recipe and finally found it. I tried banana muffins for my first go round and they were awesome, I couldnt keep the kids away! I also did 3/4 cup whole wheat flour and 1/4 cup regular flour and they still tasted very good!
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Made these last night using all butternut squash. I added some ginger and cloves too. They were so delish! I frosted some of them with some cream cheese frosting and turned them into dessert. They make a nice light dessert!
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