Bran Muffins
I have been craving a good, healthy, tasty, gluten free bran muffin for quite some time. Finally, thanks to flaxmania (I'm on a string of flax recipes this week) here it is.
My friend Chris was one of my guinea pigs for this baking endeavor. She took a flax muffin home from my house one day and ate it the next for breakfast. Later, I received a phone call from her requesting this recipe. I take that as a good sign since she does not have food restrictions.
½ cup blanched almond flour
½ cup flax meal
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
6 dates
3 eggs
2 tablespoons olive oil
¼ cup water
¼ cup sesame seeds
¼ cup sunflower seeds
½ cup raisins
- In a large bowl combine almond flour, flax meal, baking soda and salt
- In a vita-mix blend dates, eggs, olive oil and water on high speed until very smooth
- Mix wet ingredients into dry, then stir in sesame seeds, sunflower seeds and raisins
- Spoon batter into lined muffin tins
- Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes
- Cool and serve
Makes - I can't recall the yield, since we ate them all so fast
Well, at last, my book, The Gluten Free Almond Flour Cookbook hits store shelves tomorrow!
As I mentioned in a previous post, I will be spending less time in the comments section of this site. In choosing how to allot my hours, I realize that (in addition to working on books) my top priority is to bring you as many recipes as I possibly can.
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Posted on July 27, 2009 in breakfasts by Elana
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These look delicious, Elana! Loaded with protein and fiber - what a great afternoon snack or perfect for a power-snack while hiking. Can't wait to try these - thanks :) !
You are the antidote to when people say. "geez, all you can eat is sawdust"...I have been consistently delighted and inspired by your blog and my taste-testing friends and family have been too.
Thanks!
Why have you changed to olive oil in your baking? Have you tried these with grapeseed oil and you didn't like how they came out?
I have not tried this recipe yet but I will when I get back from Natural Foods Market with the blanched almond flour. My experience has been that grapeseed oil and olive oil can be used interchangeably. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Thank you Elana everything I've made from this fabulous site has turned out beautifully.
I'll have to make this muffins for our plane travel next week! I was just thinking what to bring with me/us on a very long flight to Europe, and here it is.... how perfect!!!! By the way, the "Dark Rye" bread was delicious, almost gone!
Thanks!
can i make these bran muffins if i don't have a vitamix? any suggestions for alternative methods of emulsifying these ingredients? thanks!!
You are absoloutely AMAZING!! My blood test results should be back by Wednesday...and if I am indeed celiac I am so going to thank you for all these wonderful recipes!! Keep up the good work!!
Your a star!!! Love..simply love these recipes. Cant wait for the book.
(:
This sounds like the perfect breakfast food! Wow. Yummy!
I love a good bran muffin, and am always searching for that elusive 'perfect' one. I will give these a try! Congratulations on the book! How exciting; for you, and us!
Congratulations on your book! I am excited for you. We survived our dietary changes (6 years ago) by using almond flour for everything (now we use a variety), so I can truly appreciate your work! I will look for your book!
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Laura
Your bran muffins look great. I don't have a vita mix. Will any blender or food processor work? thanks for your feedback.
I would like to know if a blender will work. I don't have a vita-mix or food processor. Thanks.
A blender might work, but it depends if the base if the blender is wide or small. A wide base blender might have trouble grinding everything up because the product can spread around the spinning blades and not move. A small base blender should work fine because everything will fall down on top of the blades. Hope this helps!
Thank you, Meagan.
These are AWESOME!! I used grapeseed oil. They are perfect. Perfect sweetness, perfect texture, great "bran" flavor. My yield was 9.
A blender would work. I used my Kitchen Aid Chef's Chopper.
I used a blender- it workes great. I also made only half a batch, and ended with 6 muffins.
I used cranberries instead of raisins.
they are terrific !!
These look yummy! What do you guys think about leaving out or subbing for the sesame seeds?
Shelley- I am sure a food processor would work fine :)
i made these this morning. i omitted the sesame seeds and sunflower seeds and used currants instead of raisins. they were yummy! my yield was 11 and there is 1 left. i think next time i try it, i will use more dates. great recipe and does not taste gluten-free.
my yield was 11 as well. i thought that was odd
I'm loving the sugar-free recipes! Keep it up, lady.
mmmm look very delicious and tasty like I love it :)) the most of the gluten free products look really bad and tasteless but this brownie promise to be something different :)
My oven is preheating as we speak, and your cookbook shipped from Amazon yesterday. I cannot wait to get it...Lemon Bars are soon to be mine!!
Thanks Elana, and good luck with your book promotion. Even though your personal input will be missed around here, I wish you big sales and recognition for all of your wonderful work!
These look so good. I have been without a kitchen for three days now and already longing to get back in and get cooking.
These came out good. I added 1/4 cup of date sugar to the recipe for a little added sweetness.
Conversation last night with my 5-year old daughter:
"Hey Mom, did you bake without me?"
"Sorry hon, I wanted to try a new Elana recipe."
"Well, what's in 'em?"
"Almond meal, flax meal, eggs, dates, raisins."
"Hmm. That's all? No agave?" "Nope."
"Well, the dates and the raisins give them a really nice sweetness. Mild, but good. I love them, even if you did make them without me."
Elana, Made the muffins, yummy. I did decrease the salt and added a couple of more dates. Made a second batch already.
Your Cranberry bread is cooling, and your sandwich bread is in the oven as I type.
Wanted to know if you have any Rubarb recipes on your site? I'd love to have some if you do?
GF Grannie
Hi Elana,
I am fairly new to your website and have already purchased your cookbook on-line just after reading the ingredients that you use in your recipes! Your recipes are the first ones in which I agree with all of the ingredients and feel comfortable and excited to feed them to my husband and two little boys. I have been experimenting on my own in the kitchen to create "healthy" and delicious desserts but you have just saved me so much time! Thank you for all the time and work that you have put into your cooking and thank you for sharing it with all of us! I have already sent all of my family members and friends to your website. It is evident that you have a lot of nutrition knowledge. Again, thank you for sharing it with all of us! My boys and I are extremely grateful!
Have a great weekend! :) Juliet
My son is celiac and recently been tested for allergies to Almonds. I love your recipes could I substitute with other flours. Also how much Guar gum should be added to different flours to hold baking together?
Thanks
Cathy
Great muffins! I might add a little cinnamon to the dry ingredients next time because I rarely bake without it.
Just a note, I used the Trader Joe's almond meal (not blanched) because it's priced really well (3.99 per pound bag). The muffins came out great!
Just back from a holiday which was great but it is nice to be home again too: I have an oven again!
I made these muffins this morning. Without dates and no patience to get them before starting on these muffins, I substituted the dates with 1,5 tablespoon agave. They turned out great!
We had a gluten eating friend over for lunch and he said: you should start selling these things..! That compliment is obviously for you Elana. Thanks again for a great recipe, it will become a favorite in my house, i'm sure. Have a great day!
Christianne
Made the flax bran muffins and substitued beets for dates (lower the sugar and glycemic count). Did have to add 1 tsp agave for some sweetness. Also substituted walnuts for sesame seeds. It still needs some tweeking... thinking i have to up the oil so they are moister.
Great base recipe Elana! I am new to this and you are a wonderful resource.
After making this recipe I would change a few things. I used extra virgin olive oil and it was too strong. Canola oil or regular olive oil would have worked better. I also wish they were a tad sweeter. I will add agave nectar next time.
I did add finely ground milk thistle for liver health, used half raisins and half dried cranberries, and added a little shredded coconut for sweetness and protein. I hope these freeze well!
Great recipe! I modified and used coconut oil instead of olive oil, and used pumpkin and hemp seeds in place of sesame and sunflower. Smelled and tasted great. My roommates were impressed! Oh I also used fresh ground unblanched almonds, rather than flour, and the muffins still came out very light.
Came across this website through Dr. Junger's Clean program and just made these muffins (post Clean). They are delicious! I left out sesame seeds. I will make a second batch tonight, trying a couple modifications: grapeseed instead of olive oil for lighter "oil" flavor; a couple more dates, and a squirt of Agave.
Has anyone tried sifting their almond flour? Does it help make the muffins (or any baked goods) lighter?
Is there any information on the calories, fats, sugars, etc?
These are super delicious and completely guilt free. I actually don't even consider this a "special treat" as we call anything slightly sugary in our house. I too reduced the salt to 1/4 tsp and used sprouted, salted sunflower seeds in my batch... soooo good! Thank you Elana for sharing this wonderful recipe!
Thank you for this recipe. I'm on my second batch of these and this time I added more figs to the recipe. Now to check out the rest of your blog.
I tweeked the recipe so it was more me and my style. Am I allowed to put it up on my blog with your link to the original one or not? I don't want to do anything I'm not supposed to do, but these are so good I want to share them with others.
If you could let me know I would appreciate it. Thank you, and thank you for the recipe. It's been so nice having something like this again.