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Lemon Poppyseed Muffin (dairy and gluten free)

Equipment

  • 12 cup muffin pan

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups King Arthur GF Measure for Measure Flour Can use another GF flour if you choose
  • 1 TSP poppy

    seeds

  • 1 TSP chia seeds
  • 1 TBSP ground flax
  • 2 TSP baking powder
  • 1/4 TSP baking soda
  • 1/4 cup organic cane sugar
  • 1 zest from one lemon
  • 1-2 juice from 1-2 lemons amount depends on how lemony you want them
  • 1 TSP lemon extract
  • 1/2 cup Unsweetened Almond Milk any plant milk will work
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce or 1 squeezable pack of applesauce
  • 2 2 eggs OR 2 TBSP ground flax To make a flax egg use 2 tbsp ground flax with 6 TBSP water. Mix and let sit for a few minutes

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease 12 cup muffin pan with vegan butter or olive oil. I use Earth Balance Vegan Butter.
  • Get out two bowls. One bowl, mix in all dry ingredients. In the other bowl, mix in the wet ingredients including the zest from the lemon. If using a flax egg you'll need to mix the 1 tbsp ground flax with 3 tbsp water and let it sit. So for this recipe, it would be 2 tbsp ground flax with 6 tbsp water.
  • Mix in the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
  • I use a spatula and try not to overmix. You want it mix until it's smooth.
  • Bake for 12-15 minutes.
  • Let Cool then apply icing or let the kids put on their own icing. These are even great without any icing.
  • Icing: Mix in 1 cup organic powdered sugar; zest of half of a lemon; juice from 1/2 a lemon. It's just a small amount of lemon juice to make the icing. You can also use 1/4 tsp of plant milk if you don't want to use another lemon. I also like to add in 1/4 tsp of chia seeds.

Notes

If you want to switch it up and make pancakes or waffles just use the same recipe but cook in a pan for pancakes. You can use a waffle maker for the waffles. 
If you want to switch out the lemon then use vanilla extract instead and get creative. You can use blueberries, strawberries, or bananas. 
I love using unsweetened applesauce instead of oil. If you are out of applesauce then sub with olive, sunflower, or avocado oil.