Coconut, Cacao and Pecan Date Muffins

Posted on Feb 4 2015 - 1:12pm by Marianne

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Paleo Coconut, Cacao and Pecan Date Muffins are full of flavour and healthy.

Coconut, Cacao and Pecan Date Muffins
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Ingredients
  1. 1/2 cup sifted organic coconut flour
  2. 2/3 cup of solidified plus + 1 Tbls of organic cold pressed extra virgin coconut oil- melted - measure it when it is solid.
  3. 2 Tbls of organic coconut butter (mine was crumbly which added nice little pieces in the baked product) If yours is soft even better! If you don't have coconut butter-you could use a nut spread instead.
  4. 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  5. 1/4 cup of honey
  6. 1/4 cup of finely chopped pecans
  7. 2 Tbls of Raw organic Cacao powder
  8. 2 soft pitted dates-chopped
  9. Pinch of sea salt
  10. 6 large free range eggs
  11. 1/2 tsp baking powder
  12. Coconut oil for greasing
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven at 180 degrees (356 F)
  2. In a large bowl whisk together the eggs, coconut oil, honey, vanilla, dates, Cacao powder, coconut butter and salt.
  3. Combine the coconut flour, pecans and baking powder and whisk these dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until they are combined.
  4. Grease a muffin tray and fill muffin holes with batter half way.
  5. Bake for 15 minutes and remove from the muffin tray to cool.
  6. Yum yum yum
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Marianne found success with Paleo eating when she did a Whole 30 challenge with her husband in 2014. She hit her goal weight and improved her health and wellbeing. Marianne started giving Paleo makeovers to many of her families' traditional recipes and decided to share it with everyone on her Gusto Paleo blog.

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