1 1/2cupsoat flour(I ground gluten free rolled oats in my food processor)
1/2cupalmond flour
1/3 cup ground flax seed
1teaspoonbaking soda
1teaspoonbaking powder
1/2teaspoonsalt
1teaspoonground cinnamon
1tablespoon chia seeds
1 1/2cupsshredded zucchini (patted dry with a paper towel)
1/4cuporganic dark brown sugar
2tablespoonsraw honey
1tablespoonunrefined coconut oilmelted then cooled
3/4cupNO sugar added organic apple sauce
1eggat room temperature
1egg yolkat room temperature
1teaspoonpure vanilla extract
Optional Ingredients:
2 teaspoonsfresh orange zest
1/2 cupdark chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a 12-cup muffin pan with coconut oil- set aside. In a large mixing bowl combine all of the dry ingredients starting from oat flour down to chia seeds. Using a whisk, stir dry ingredients until well combined- set aside.
In another mixing bowl combine all wet ingredients. Start with zucchini and end with vanilla. Stir wet ingredients with a fork until well combined. Next, slowly pour wet ingredients in with dry ingredients. Slowly stir with a rubber spatula until just combined (you don’t want to over stir). If you would like to add in the optional ingredients do so now slowly folding in both the orange zest and chocolate chips.
Using a 1/3 size measuring cup scoop out some of the mixture and pour into each muffin cup. Top with a sprinkle of additional orange zest or chocolate chips. Bake in oven for 20-24 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out (almost) clean (it’s okay if there are one or two baby crumbs). Let sit in pan to cool for 5 minutes and then dump muffins out onto a clean, dry dish towel. Set each muffin on a cooling rack to cool for 15 minutes. Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days or freeze up to 3 months.
Notes
oat flour- you can evenly sub out oat flour for whole wheat flour or all purpose flour. dark brown sugar- you can easily sub dark brown sugar out with coconut sugar or light brown sugar. honey- you can evenly sub out honey for maple syrup if you're vegan. coconut oil- you can sub out coconut oil for grass fed butter or extra apple sauce. eggs- you can try subbing out the egg portion of the recipe (1 egg + egg yolk) with 2 flax eggs. I personally never tried it, so if you do, please let me know how it turns out. orange zest- If orange isn't your thing lemon zest is also a great addition to this recipe.