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Healthy Gluten-Free Zucchini Muffins with Applesauce
These Healthy Gluten Free Zucchini Muffins with Applesauce are fluffy and sugar free! Sweetened with dates, studded with chocolate chips and so tasty!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Servings: 7 Muffins
Calories: 164 kcal
Course:
Breakfast
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup deglet noor dates halved and packed (140 grams)
- 1/2 cup zucchini grated
- 1/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 1/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg*
- 1 cup oat flour 103 grams**
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees and spray a muffin pan with cooking spray.
- Place the dates into a microwave safe bowl and microwave until just warm, about 30 seconds. Place them into a large food processor (mine is 10 cups) along with the zucchini, applesauce, almond milk, vanilla and egg. Blend until combined, stopping to scrape the sides down as needed. There will be tiny pieces of dates visible in the mixture, this is fine!
- Combine the remaining ingredients, excluding the chocolate chips, in a medium bowl. Add in the zucchini mixture and stir until well mixed. Finally, stir in the chocolate chips.
- Fill 7 muffin cavities just over 1/2 of the way full (I like to use an ice cream scoop for nice, domed tops!) and bake until browned and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 20-22 minutes.
- Let cool in the pan for 30 minutes. Then, run a sharp knife around the outside and remove the muffins to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- DEVOUR!
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Notes
- *If you don't want to use the egg, you can mix 1 Tbsp avocado oil, 2 Tbsp water and 2 tsp baking powder, and then get rid of the baking powder in the dry ingredients. However, you will then only get 6 muffins and the nutritional info will change. The texture of these is not near as good as the egg version, but the taste is the same.
- ** Please make sure to measure your flour correctly (or just weigh it) to ensure results
Nutrition Information
Calories
164kcal
(8%)
Carbohydrates
29g
(10%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
0.01g
Cholesterol
24mg
(8%)
Sodium
113mg
(5%)
Potassium
265mg
(8%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
15g
(30%)
Vitamin A
71IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
2mg
(2%)
Calcium
67mg
(7%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 7Muffins
Amount Per Serving
Calories 164
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 164kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 29g | 10% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.01g | 1% |
| Cholesterol | 24mg | 8% |
| Sodium | 113mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 265mg | 6% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 15g | 30% |
| Vitamin A | 71IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 67mg | 7% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.