Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 1 1/4 cups (150g) regular all-purpose flour (see NOTES below for GF)
- 1/4 cup (28g) superfine blanched almond flour (I use Bob's Red Mill)
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons (200g) pure maple syrup or agave, room temp
- 1/4 cup (60g) canned lite coconut milk, shaken well first (SEE NOTES below), room temp
- 1 tablespoon (15g) lemon juice + zest of 1 lemon
- 2 tablespoons (30g) unsweetened plain creamy non-dairy yogurt (I used cashew yogurt, the Forager brand), room temp
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup (90g) fresh blueberries
- raw sugar for topping, optional
- Always use a scale for accuracy when baking, following MY gram weights listed. You never need cups to compare, just the scale and bowl, making sure to hit zero before each addition.
- I use this scale.
Instruction
- Make sure your liquids are at room temperature before beginning. Cold ingredients make for tough batters and muffins and harder to mix smoothly.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a muffin pan with 9 liners. 10 if using a lot of blueberries. 9 will yield quite fluffy muffins.
- To a large bowl, add the all-purpose flour, almond flour, baking powder and salt and whisk well.
- To a separate medium bowl, whisk together the syrup, milk, lemon juice/zest, yogurt and vanilla and whisk until very smooth and frothy.
- Pour the wet over the dry and very gently mix with a spoon until incorporated and the batter is smooth, but being very careful not to overmix! It's ok if there are a few lumps as long as no more flour is visible. Overmixing batters that contain all-purpose flour (gluten) can easily become dense, chewy and not rise well. The batter will be thick.
- Gently fold in the blueberries.
- Divide the batter into 9-10 muffin liners. The batter will fill up high, this is correct and how your muffins will be tall and fluffy.
- Sprinkle raw sugar on the top of each muffin if desired. It gives a pretty sheen and crunch.
- Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown and a toothpick is clean. 20 minutes was perfect each trial for me.
- Cool 15 minutes before serving.