Paleo Carrot Banana Muffins

Submitted by Spectatrix

"Delicious paleo/primal (and gluten-free) muffins. Great for breakfast or dessert!"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 18 muffins
• Serves: 18

ingredients

• 2 cups almond meal (or almond flour)
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon celtic sea salt
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 cup dates, pitted
• 3 ripe bananas
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
• 1⁄4 cup coconut oil
• 1 1⁄2 cups carrots, shredded

directions

1. Combine dry ingredients.
2. Blend bananas, dates, eggs, vinegar, and coconut oil in a food processor.
3. Mix wet ingredients with dry and fold in carrots.
4. Spoon into greased or lined muffin tins and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes (or 20 minutes for mini-muffins).

Reviews

[Crisci]

Delicious. Tastes very much like a GOOD bran muffin. I call it carrot muffin meets banana bread. I substituted a GF flour mix for the almond flour since that is what I had readily on hand. Worked wonderfully! Next time I intend to use just almond flour as the recipe states. That can only be better.<br/><br/>UPDATE 5/20/13: Made with almond flour as the recipe stated, but substituted 1/2 cup of applesauce for one of the bananas and olive oil for the coconut oil. (Again, it's what I had on hand.) I can't rave enough. this time I used a silicone muffin pan for 12 and a metal mini-muffin pan for the rest of the batter. The mini-muffins took 20 minutes exactly. The silicone pan took 40 min. Couldn't ask for better! Thanks for sharing!

 

[hallibovia]

Best paleo recipe that I've tried for ANYTHING. Totally delicious!!! Moist and tasty. I brought these over to a brunch with a bunch of non-paleos for my brother to try (he seems sensitive to wheat). They were snatched up by everyone and scarfed quickly (all non-paleo folks). I will definitely be making them again this week. I thought I might take them to work in the morning for a quick breakfast this week, but they are almost all gone! They look like a bran muffin but they are scrumptious! SO MOIST!

 

[northnomad]

These are amazing. I made them exactly according to the recipe. The are lightly sweet and have the texture of a bran muffin. I love them warmed up about 30 seconds in the microwave and then served with butter. They freeze perfectly. They fill a huge need in my low carb diet. If you love low carb but miss the occasional muffin for breakfast with your coffee...this is it!!!

 

[millstoneridge]

Made them for my husband, first time he has been able to eat a treat without being in extreme discomfort from his psoriatic arthritis in years. Makes him feel more included.

 

[lwh5485]

I just made these tonight, and they're pretty good. My only complaint is that they seemed a little salty, and I'm not usually sensitive to salt. When I make these next time I will cut the salt to 1/2 teaspoon and see how that works.