Say sure to baking an enormous batch of Luke Hines’ wholesome pumpkin and olive oil muffins. Topped with crunchy pecans and coconut sugar, these are tasty to the max!
Elements
- 2 free-range eggs or Flax Eggs
- 2 tbs mashed very ripe banana (about 1/2 banana)
- 185 g (3/4 cup) Pumpkin Puree
- 105 g (2/3 cup) coconut sugar
- 3 tbs extra-virgin olive oil, plus additional for greasing and drizzling
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste or powder
- 3 tbs maple syrup, coconut nectar or monk fruit syrup
- 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp floor cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp floor nutmeg
- 125 ml (1/2 cup) filtered water
- 100 g (1 cup) almond meal
- 125 g (1 cup) arrowroot or tapioca flour
- 3 tbs coconut flour
Crumbly Prime (non-obligatory)
- 3 tbs granulated coconut sugar
- 2 tbs almond meal
- 2 tbs arrowroot or tapioca flour
- 2 tbs roughly chopped pecans
- 1 tbs extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 tsp floor cinnamon
Technique
Step 1.
Preheat the oven to 180°C and flippantly grease a big 6-hole or customary 9-hole muffin tin with oil or line it with paper instances.
Step 2.
Add the eggs and mashed banana to a big bowl and whisk collectively gently to mix, leaving some small chunks of banana for pretty texture. Add the pumpkin puree, coconut sugar, olive oil, vanilla and sweetener of your selection and whisk for 1 minute, then stir within the bicarb, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Step 3.
Pour within the water, whisking as you go, till properly mixed, then add the almond meal, arrowroot or tapioca flour and coconut flour and stir simply sufficient to kind a thick, scoop-able batter.
Step 4.
Spoon the batter evenly among the many muffin holes. In the event you’re making the crumbly high, mix all of the substances in a bowl and blend together with your arms or a fork to a moist sand-like texture, then generously high the muffins with it.
Step 5.
Bake the muffins for half-hour, or till the tops are golden brown and a skewer inserted within the centre of a muffin comes out fully clear. Go away to chill within the tin for five minutes, then switch to a wire rack. Take pleasure in heat or at room temperature with a beneficiant drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil.
Makes 12
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