Sweet Corn Muffins {gluten-free + vegan}
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Recipe Type:: Baked
: Breakfast, Dinner, Snack
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Serves:: 1 dozen
 
Ingredients:
  • DRY:
  • 1 cup corn meal (or corn grits)
  • ½ cup sunflower seeds, or cashews, ground into meal
  • ½ cup millet or brown rice flour
  • ¼ cup garbanzo or amaranth flour
  • ¼ cup chia seed flour (ground chia seeds)
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ¾ tsp salt
  • WET:
  • 2 cups apple sauce
  • ⅓-1/2 cup maple syrup
  • OPTIONAL INGREDIENTS:
  • 1 cup corn kernels, fresh or frozen
  • ½ cup raisins or dates
  • 1 cup diced apple
  • 1 tsp chili powder and/or cinnamon
  • 2 Tbsp chopped chilies
Directions:
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. In a medium bowl, mix together all dry ingredients. (NOTE: Sunflower seeds and chia seeds or cashews can be ground into “mealy” flour using a coffee or spice grinder.)
  3. Fold in any optional spices.
  4. Add apple sauce and maple syrup and mix well.
  5. Fold in any optional ingredients.
  6. Line muffin tines with paper muffins liners, or oil muffin tin. Spoon batter into 12 muffin cups.
  7. Bake for 30-35 minutes.
Recipe by Victoria Laine | Whole-Food Nutrition at https://victoria-laine.com/sweet-corn-muffins-gluten-free-vegan/