Ingredients

The following ingredients have 12 Servings
  • 1/2 Cup Coconut sugar (packed)
  • 1/4 Cup Full-fat coconut milk (NOT LIGHT)
  • 2 1/2 Tbsp Grass-fed butter
  • 1/2 Cup Coconut flour (sifted (44g) ** (read notes!))
  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp Sea salt
  • 1/4 tsp Baking soda
  • 1/4 Cup + 2 Tbsp Natural creamy almond butter
  • 3 Large, very ripe bananas, (mashed (heaping 1 1/2 cups))
  • 4 Eggs
  • 2 Tbsp Pure maple syrup
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 36 cup Whole almonds (just under 1/4)
  • 3 Tbsp Slivered almonds

Instruction

  • In a SMALL pot ***, combine the all of the caramel ingredients and whisk together on medium heat. Whisk frequently so the butter melts quickly.
  • Bring the mixture to a rolling boil and boil until the caramel turns very thick, darkens in color, and reduced by about half, this takes about 8 minutes. Stir frequently so the caramel does not burn.
  • Transfer the caramel into a small Tupperware dish, with a lid. and let stand for 30 minutes. Then, cover and transfer to the fridge until the caramel is almost fully hardened, but gives slightly when you poke it, about 1-2 hours.
  • Once the caramel is hard, scoop it out of the container using a 1 tsp measure, roll into balls and place on a small parchment-paper lined plate. Repeat until you have 12 balls. Place into the freeze for at least 1 hour to firm them up. Note: you will have some caramel left over for drizzling on the finished muffins.
  • Once firm, preheat your oven to 350 degrees and generously rub a muffin tin with coconut oil.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together the coconut flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda. Set aside.
  • In a large, microwave-safe bowl, melt the almond butter. Make sure you don't burn it - this only takes 30-40 seconds!
  • Add the mashed banana into the almond butter and whisk until combined. Add in the eggs, maple syrup and vanilla and whisk. Finally, add in the flour mixture and whisk until well combined. Let the batter stand for 10 minutes so the coconut flour can begin to absorb the mixture.
  • Fill each muffin cavity about 1/2 of the way with the batter. Then, place 3 almonds in the center of each pile of batter, to form a sort of triangle-shape. Do not press the almonds down.
  • Place one frozen caramel ball on the center of each almond triangle. Divide the remaining batter on top of each muffin. Do not press the caramel ball down, it should be JUST covered by the batter. ****
  • Sprinkle the tops with the slivered almonds and bake until lightly golden brown and a toothpick inserted just outside of the center (since the center is melty caramel goodness!) comes out clean, 18-20 minutes.
  • Let cool completely in the pan.
  • Once cool, microwave the remaining caramel for a FEW seconds, about 15-30 seconds, drizzle over the muffins and DEVOUR!