I have been craving some good, healthy, tasty, gluten-free Bran Muffins 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.
Bran Muffins
Ingredients
- ½ cup blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- ½ cup golden flaxmeal
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- 6 dates (remove pits)
- 3 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ cup raw sesame seeds
- ¼ cup sunflower seeds
- ½ cup raisins
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine almond flour, flax meal, baking soda and salt
- In a vitamix 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 pan
- Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes
- Cool and serve
Equipment
Well, at last, my book, The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook hits store shelves tomorrow!
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GF Grannie says
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
Kristin says
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.”
Barbara says
These came out good. I added 1/4 cup of date sugar to the recipe for a little added sweetness.
Meghan (Making Love In The Kitchen says
These look so good. I have been without a kitchen for three days now and already longing to get back in and get cooking.
Stacie K says
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!
Rene Amour Relation says
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 :)
Hänni says
I’m loving the sugar-free recipes! Keep it up, lady.
alicia says
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.
rebecca says
my yield was 11 as well. i thought that was odd
Meagan says
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 :)
Shelley Orenstein says
Your bran muffins look great. I don’t have a vita mix. Will any blender or food processor work? thanks for your feedback.
Rachel says
I would like to know if a blender will work. I don’t have a vita-mix or food processor. Thanks.
Meagan says
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!
Rachel says
Thank you, Meagan.
Sandra Gillett says
These are AWESOME!! I used grapeseed oil. They are perfect. Perfect sweetness, perfect texture, great “bran” flavor. My yield was 9.
Sandra Gillett says
A blender would work. I used my Kitchen Aid Chef’s Chopper.
Neta says
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 !!