Ingredients

The following ingredients have 9 Servings
  • 2 ½ cups finely ground, blanched almond flour
  • ½ cup arrowroot flour
  • ¾ cup raw cacao (for paleo) or unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup fresh-squeezed orange juice
  • ½ cup non-dairy milk
  • 3 tablespoons orange zest (about 1 large orange)
  • 3 tablespoons melted coconut oil
  • ¼ cup coconut sugar
  • ¼ cup pure maple syrup
  • 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup paleo chocolate gems or chopped paleo chocolate (or vegan chocolate chips if not paleo)

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with cupcake liners. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, sift together the dry ingredients: almond flour, arrowroot flour, raw cacao, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
  • Add orange juice and milk to a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in 10-second increments until just warm. This will prevent the melted coconut oil from solidifying once mixed with these liquids.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together all wet ingredients: orange juice, non-dairy milk, orange zest, coconut oil, coconut sugar, maple syrup and vanilla. Whisk until well incorporated.
  • Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Whisk until just incorporated, making sure no flour patches remain. Batter will be thick and liquidy—thick enough to be a bit stiff and easily scooped, but still liquidy enough to settle.
  • Using a large ice cream scoop, scoop and drop batter evenly into prepared muffin pan—filling each cup about 3/4 of the way for a greater quantity of medium dome-topped muffins, or all the way for a lower quantity of high dome-topped muffins. Makes 9 very large muffins, or 12 medium muffins.
  • Bake for 19-25 minutes. Mine took 22 minutes for 9 high, dome-topped muffins. Insert a toothpick to test for doneness—it should come out mostly dry, with a few muffin bits on it.
  • Place muffin pan on a cooling rack to cool for 30 minutes. Remove muffins from muffin pan and continue cooling on rack until completely cool, 45 mins-1 hour. Enjoy! Storing instructions below.