Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Easy Carb free low sugar muffins

These are incredibly tasty, and forgiving. I forgot the vanilla once, and they were still great! Pi likes 'em, too!

2 eggs
1/2 cup pumpkin puree/canned pumpkin or applesauce
1/3 cup honey
4 tbl melted butter
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt (although a pinch works for us low-salt people)

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
(and 1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice for the pumpkin muffins)

mix above then add...

2 1/2 cups almond flour
Walnuts or raisins as desired

Bake at 325 degrees for 25-30 minutes (depending on your stove)

Gluten free/Low sugar pancakes

You can put the dry ingredients together ahead of time for 'Instant' pancakes - just double the batch. I got this recipe from a friend, who found it on about.com. He said the pancakes with just almond flour were thin and small. Adding the buckwheat (which isn't wheat) thickened it up, while the almond flour made them fluffy.

1 cup buckwheat/almond flour
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
1/2 cup canned pumpkin (or apple sauce/butter) or add bananas or blueberries
2 tbl oil
1/4 cup + warm water and sweetner (honey or agave syrup). Add more water if mixture is too thick.
2 eggs

Cook like pancakes with coconut oil

Drizzle pancakes with maple syrup or honey