Easy Muffins - 6 Ways

BY ANGELINA PAPANIKOLAOU OF BAKED AMBROSIA

A fresh, delicious muffin that can be easily adapted to your favorite flavor. Try all six: chocolate chip, double chocolate, lemon poppyseed, blueberry, and coffee cake muffins. 

Basic Muffin Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 ⅓ cup (287 g) all-purpose flour
• 4 ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• ¾ cup (150 g) Lakanto Monkfruit Baking Sweetener
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• ½ cup (120 ml) oil of choice (canola oil, avocado oil, melted coconut oil, or melted butter)
• ¾ cup + 2 tbsp (210 ml) buttermilk

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 450°F. 
2. Line a muffin tin with 12 muffin cups and set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
4. In a separate bowl, mix together the Lakanto Monkfruit Baking Sweetener, eggs, vanilla, oil, and buttermilk.
5. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet, mixing until just combined. Be sure not to over mix the batter. Having a few lumps or streaks of flour in the batter is okay!
6. Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling a little more than ¾ full.
7. Bake for 5 minutes at 450°F. Without opening your oven door, reduce the oven temperature to 375°F and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out with just a couple of crumbs.
8. Remove from oven and allow muffins to cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Try the following variations for different muffin flavors.

Chocolate Chip Muffins

• ¾ cup (168 g) Lakanto Semi-Sweet Sugar-Free Chocolate Chips 

In Step 3, toss chocolate chips into the flour mixture. 

Lemon Poppyseed Muffins

• 3 Tbsp poppyseeds
• Reduce buttermilk to ⅔ cup (158 ml)
• ¼ cup (60ml) lemon juice
• Zest from 1 lemon

Mix in poppyseeds in Step 3. Add lemon juice and lemon zest with liquids. 

To Make a Glaze: 

For the glaze, combine Lakanto Powdered Monkfruit Sweetener and lemon juice in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 15 seconds and whisk until smooth. Drizzle over muffins and top with additional lemon zest, if desired.

Blueberry Muffins

• 2 cup (280 g) blueberries
• Zest from 1 lemon
• 2 Tbsp Lakanto Golden Monkfruit Sweetener
  In Step 3, toss blueberries and lemon zest into the flour mixture.

Sprinkle muffins with Lakanto Golden Monkfruit Sweetener before baking.

Double Chocolate Muffins

• Reduce flour to 1 ⅔ cup (200 g) 
• ½ cup (50 g) cocoa powder
• ½ cup (112 g) Lakanto Semi-Sweet Sugar-Free Chocolate Chips 

In Step 3, add cocoa powder and then toss Lakanto Semi-Sweet Sugar-Free Chocolate Chips in with dry ingredients. 

Coffee Cake Muffins:

• 1 tsp cinnamon

Add 1 tsp cinnamon in Step 3.

Topping:

• ½ cup (62 g) flour
• 1 ½ tbsp (18 g) Lakanto Classic Monkfruit Sweetener
• 1 Tbsp (13 g) Lakanto Golden Monkfruit Sweetener
• Pinch of salt
• ¼ tsp cinnamon
• 3 Tbsp (42 g) butter, room temperature

To make the topping, combine flour, sweeteners, salt, and cinnamon in a mixing bowl. Add softened butter and combine until sand-like consistency. Spoon crumbs evenly on top of the batter and gently press them down.

Once muffins are completely cool, dust with Lakanto Powdered Monkfruit Sweetener. 

Nutrition Facts

Plain Muffins

Chocolate Chip Muffins

Serving Size: 1 muffin
Calories: 240
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 165 mg
Fat: 15 g
Saturated Fat: 4 g
Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
Trans Fat: 0 g
Carbohydrates: 23 g
Fiber: 1 g
Protein: 6 g
Cholesterol: 31 mg

Lemon Poppyseed Muffins

Serving Size: 1 muffin
Calories: 200
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 152 mg
Fat: 12 g
Saturated Fat: 1 g
Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
Trans Fat: 0 g
Carbohydrates: 21 g
Fiber: 1 g
Protein: 5 g
Cholesterol: 31 mg

Blueberry Muffins

Serving Size: 1 muffin
Calories: 203
Sugar: 3 g
Sodium: 152 mg
Fat: 11 g
Saturated Fat: 1 g
Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
Trans Fat: 0 g
Carbohydrates: 23 g
Fiber: 2 g
Protein: 5 g
Cholesterol: 31 mg

Double Chocolate Muffins

Serving Size: 1 muffin
Calories: 210
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 165 mg
Fat: 14 g
Saturated Fat: 3 g
Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
Trans Fat: 0 g
Carbohydrates: 20 g
Fiber: 4 g
Protein: 5 g
Cholesterol: 31 mg

Coffee Cake Muffins

Serving Size: 1 muffin
Calories: 234
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 180 mg
Fat: 14 g
Saturated Fat: 3 g
Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
Trans Fat: 0 g
Carbohydrates: 24 g
Fiber: 1 g
Protein: 5 g
Cholesterol: 31 mg