Paleo Coconut, Lemon and Date Muffins are a real treat and great for school lunch boxes.
Coconut, Lemon and Date Muffins
2015-07-14 20:26:06
Yields 12
Prep Time
5 min
Cook Time
15 min
Total Time
20 min
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sifted organic coconut flour
- 2/3 cup of solidified organic cold pressed extra virgin coconut oil then melted
- 3 Tbls shredded coconut
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup of honey
- Pinch of sea salt
- 6 large free range eggs
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3 soft fresh dates pitted and chopped
- 2 Tbls or 1/4 cup of lemon juice
- Grated zest of one lemon
- Olive oil for greasing
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 180 degrees (356 F)
- In a large bowl mix together the eggs, coconut oil, honey, lemon juice, zest, vanilla, dates and salt.
- Combine the coconut flour and baking soda and whisk this into the wet ingredients until there are no lumps. Let the mixture rest for 1 min then mix again.
- Grease a muffin tray very well with olive oil or use paper muffin cases and spoon the mixture in the greased muffin holes as soon as you can or else the coconut flour will make the mixture too thick
- Sprinkle a little shredded coconut on each muffin top.
- Bake for approx 15 minutes check by poking dried spaghetti into it and it should come out clean. Watch it does not burn on the sides.
- Remove from muffin holes and cool
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